The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ When the heaven is sundered. 1 obeying its Sustainer, as in truth it must; 2 And when the earth is stretched forth, 3 And has cast out all that was in it and became empty, 4 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] - 5 O human, you are working hard towards your Lord and you will meet Him. 6 Then, he who is given his Book in his right hand 7 will be easy, 8 And will return to his family in joy! 9 But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back; 10 Soon will he cry for perdition, 11 And shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning. 12 He once lived among his family joyfully; 13 for, behold, he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. 14 This is a fact. Their Lord is Well-Aware of (all that they do). 15 I swear by the twilight; 16 and the night and what it envelops 17 or by the moon when it is full, 18 [That] you will surely experience state after state. 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 Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies, 22 But God knows what they harbour in their breasts. 23 So give them tidings of a painful doom, 24 unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works; for theirs shall be a reward unending! 25