The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
۞ When the heaven bursts asunder, 1 And attentive to her Lord in fear, 2 And when the earth is spread out 3 and casts out all that is within and voids itself, 4 And obeys its Lord and it must. 5 O man, you are striving unto your Lord and you will meet Him. 6 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand 7 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning, 8 and he shall return to his people, joyfully, 9 But he who is given the Record behind his back, 10 He will invoke (his) destruction, 11 And will go into the blazing fire. 12 Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers. 13 Never thinking he will return. 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 I do not need to swear by the sunset, 16 and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds, 17 And the moon when at the full, 18 You will surely go up level by level. 19 What is the matter with them, that they do not believe 20 and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow? ۩ 21 Nay, but they who are bent on denying the truth give the lie [to this divine writ]! 22 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds), 23 So give them news of painful punishment, 24 except those that believe, and do righteous deeds -- theirs shall be a wage unfailing. 25