The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
۞ When the sky has split [open] 1 hearing and obeying its Lord, as it must do; 2 when the earth flattens out, 3 and throws out of itself all that it contains 4 And hearkens to (the Command of) its Lord,- and it must needs (do so);- (then will come Home the full reality). 5 [then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him! 6 Then as to him who shall be given his book in his right hand 7 Soon an easy account will be taken from him. 8 and they will return to their people, delighted 9 But he who is given his Book from behind his back 10 He surely will invoke destruction 11 And enter into burning fire. 12 Once, he lived joyfully among his family 13 He assumed that he does not have to return. 14 Why not? His Lord was always watching him. 15 No! I swear by the twilight 16 or by the night in which things all come together to rest, 17 And [by] the moon when it becomes full 18 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane. 19 What is the matter with them, that they believe not? 20 And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they do not prostrate [to Allah]? ۩ 21 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny; 22 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds), 23 Therefore, give them the news of a painful punishment. 24 Save those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them is a reward that will never come to an end (i.e. Paradise). 25