The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder 1 in obedience to the commands of their Lord which are incumbent on them, 2 And when the earth has been extended 3 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty 4 obeying its Lord, as it must do! 5 O man, you are striving unto your Lord and you will meet Him. 6 he who is given his record in his right hand 7 He will be judged with an easy account 8 And will return to his family in joy! 9 And whoever is given his record of deeds behind his back – 10 He shall presently call for death, 11 and he shall roast at a Blaze. 12 Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing! 13 and surely thought he would never return (to his Lord). 14 Nay, nay! for his Lord was (ever) watchful of him! 15 I swear by the afterglow of sunset, 16 And the night and all it gathers, 17 And the Moon in her fullness: 18 That you will climb 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 Nay, (on the contrary), those who disbelieve, belie (Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) and whatever he brought, i.e. this Quran and Islamic Monotheism, etc.). 22 Allah knows best what they are accumulating (in their Record). 23 So give them tidings of a painful doom, 24 except to those who believe, and do righteous deeds, for theirs is an unfailing recompense. 25