The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ WHEN THE SKY is split asunder, 1 And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; 2 And when the earth is stretched forth, 3 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty 4 and gives ear to its Lord, and is fitly disposed! 5 [then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him! 6 Then, he who is given his Book in his right hand 7 He surely will receive an easy reckoning, 8 And he will return to his family rejoicing. 9 But he who is given his Book from behind his back 10 shall cry for “perdition,” 11 And he shall roast into a Blaze. 12 He used to be happy with his own people; 13 Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)! 14 Yea! his Lord had ever been beholding him. 15 No! I swear by the twilight 16 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth, 17 And by the moon when she is at the full, 18 you will progress from stage to stage. 19 But what is the matter with them that they do not believe, 20 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? ۩ 21 Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth. 22 God is quite aware of what they are storing in their hearts. 23 So give them news of painful punishment, 24 But those who believe and work righteous works, theirs shall be a hire unending. 25