The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ When the heaven bursts asunder, 1 And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. 2 when the earth is stretched out 3 and casts out all that is within it and becomes empty; 4 in obedience to the commands of its Lord which are incumbent on it, (the human being will receive due recompense for his deeds). 5 O man! verily thou art toiling toward thy Lord a painful toiling, and art about to meet Him. 6 Whoever is given the Record in his right hand 7 His account shall presently be taken by an easy reckoning. 8 And will return to his family in joy! 9 But he who is given the Record behind his back, 10 Will pray for death, 11 and will enter the Blazing Fire. 12 Once, he lived joyfully among his family 13 he surely thought he would never revert. 14 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him. 15 So by oath of the late evening’s light. 16 and the night and what it envelops 17 And by oath of the moon when it is full. 18 you will progress from stage to stage. 19 What then is the matter with them, 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, they reject the Quran, 22 And Allah knows best what they hide, 23 So give them news of painful punishment, 24 Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending. 25