The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ WHEN THE SKY is split asunder, 1 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord, and it must needs (do so);- 2 And when the earth is stretched forth, 3 and casts forth whatever is in it, and becomes utterly void, 4 and obeys its Lord as it must, 5 Human being, you strive hard to get closer to your Lord, and so you will certainly receive the recompense (of your deeds). 6 Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand, 7 He truly will receive an easy reckoning 8 and he will return to his family joyfully. 9 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back, 10 Soon will he cry for perdition, 11 and he shall roast at a Blaze. 12 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers. 13 Never thinking he will return. 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness, 16 And by the night and that which it driveth together, 17 and the moon, as it grows to its fullness: 18 You will surely go up level by level. 19 What aileth them then, that they believe not, 20 and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow? ۩ 21 Indeed, those who are bent on denying the truth reject it -- 22 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves. 23 Hence, give them the tiding of grievous suffering [in the life to come] 24 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off. 25