The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder 1 and obeys its Lord as it must, 2 When the earth is stretched out taut 3 And casts forth what is in it and becomes 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 he who is given his Record in his right hand, 7 He will be judged with an easy account 8 and will return rejoicing to his family. 9 And as to him who shall be given his book from behind his back 10 he will in time pray for utter destruction: 11 And be thrown to scorching fire. 12 Verily he was among his people joyous. 13 Never thinking he will return. 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow, 16 And the night and that which it drives on, 17 And [by] the moon when it becomes full 18 you shall proceed onwards from stage to stage. 19 So, wherefore do they not believe? 20 And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate? (Command of Prostration # 13) ۩ 21 Instead, the unbelievers reject it, calling it a lie. 22 Allah knows best what they are accumulating (in their Record). 23 So announce to them a painful punishment~ 24 But those who believe and work righteous works, theirs shall be a hire unending. 25