The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder 1 And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. 2 And when the earth is flattened out, 3 And shall cast forth that which is therein, and shall become empty. 4 And obeys its Lord and it must. 5 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it. 6 Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, 7 he shall surely receive an easy reckoning 8 and they will return to their people, delighted 9 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back, 10 they will say, "Woe to us!" 11 And he will enter a Blazing Fire. 12 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers. 13 and surely thought he would never return (to his Lord). 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 I swear by the glow of sunset, 16 And [by] the night and what it envelops 17 And by the moon when she becometh full. 18 that you will certainly pass through one stage after another. 19 What aileth them then, that they believe not, 20 And when the Quran is recited to them, they fall not prostrate, ۩ 21 Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Quran and Islamic Monotheism, etc.). 22 And Allah knows best what they hide, 23 So give them tidings of a painful punishment, 24 Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail. 25