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 out 3 And has cast out that within it and relinquished [it] 4 And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. 5 O man, indeed you have to surely run towards your Lord, and to meet him. 6 Then, he who is given his Book in his right hand 7 Soon will his account be taken by an easy reckoning, 8 And return to his people in happiness. 9 But whosoever is given his Record behind his back, 10 He will invoke (his) destruction, 11 but he will enter the blazing flame. 12 Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing! 13 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah). 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 I swear by the twilight; 16 And by oath of the night and all that gathers in it. 17 or by the moon when it is 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 Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate? (Command of Prostration # 13) ۩ 21 In fact the unbelievers disavow. 22 And Allah knows best what they hide, 23 So announce to them a painful punishment~ 24 except the righteously striving believers, who will receive a never-ending reward. 25