The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ When the sky is rent asunder 1 And it hearkeneth to its Lord, and is duteous. 2 And when the earth is stretched forth, 3 And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it] 4 And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; 5 O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him. 6 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand 7 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning, 8 And return to his people in happiness. 9 But he who is given his Book from behind his back 10 He shall call for perdition, 11 And [enter to] burn in a Blaze. 12 They lived among their people joyfully 13 thinking he would never revert (to Us). 14 Yea indeed! His Sustainer did see all that was in him! 15 Nay; I swear by the twilight; 16 And the night and all it gathers, 17 and the moon when it is at the full, 18 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage. 19 What is the matter with them, that they do not believe 20 and when the Koran is recited to them that they do not prostrate! ۩ 21 In fact the disbelievers keep denying. 22 and God knows very well what they are secreting. 23 So give them the good news of a painful chastisement, 24 Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending. 25