The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the heaven is sundered. 1 hearing and obeying its Lord, as it must do; 2 when the earth flattens out, 3 and casts out what is within it and is emptied, 4 And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so] - 5 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it. 6 Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand, 7 He truly will receive an easy reckoning 8 And will return to his family in joy! 9 But he who is given the Record behind his back, 10 he shall call for destruction 11 And be thrown to scorching fire. 12 Verily, he was among his people in joy! 13 for he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. 14 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him. 15 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness, 16 by the night and all that it envelops; 17 and the moon, as it grows to its fullness: 18 that you shall surely ride from stage to stage. 19 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe, 20 And when the Qur’an is recited to them, they do not fall prostrate? (Command of Prostration # 13) ۩ 21 Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies, 22 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding. 23 (Muhammad), tell them that they will all suffer a painful torment 24 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing. 25