The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
۞ When the heaven is split asunder 1 And attentive to her Lord in fear, 2 And when the earth is spread out. 3 and throws out of itself all that it contains 4 And obeys its Lord and it must. 5 O man, having striven hard towards your Lord, you shall meet Him: 6 So whoever is given his record of deeds in his right hand – 7 shall be called to an easy accounting, 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 will be roasted in the fire. 12 He used to live joyfully among his people, 13 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah). 14 Yes indeed, his Lord was ever watching him. 15 I swear by the twilight; 16 or by the night in which things all come together to rest, 17 and the moon when it grows 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 read to them, they fall not prostrate, ۩ 21 Yea those who disbelieve belie. 22 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds), 23 So announce to them a painful torment. 24 Except to those who believe and work righteous deeds: For them is a Reward that will never fail. 25