The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder 1 And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, 2 when the earth flattens out, 3 and casts forth what is in it, and voids itself, 4 And attentive to her Lord in fear! 5 O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him. 6 The reckoning of those whose Book of records will be given into their right hands 7 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning, 8 And will return to his people full of joy. 9 But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back; 10 He shall presently call for death, 11 And will go into the blazing fire. 12 He used to live joyfully among his people, 13 He assumed that he does not have to return. 14 Yes indeed, his Lord was ever watching him. 15 So indeed I call to witness the evening twilight, 16 And by oath of the night and all that gathers in it. 17 and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness: 18 You will surely go up level by level. 19 What is the matter with them that they do not accept faith? 20 And when the Quran is recited to them, they fall not prostrate, ۩ 21 Indeed, those who are bent on denying the truth reject it -- 22 and Allah knows very well what they gather. 23 So give them tidings of a painful doom, 24 Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending. 25