The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
۞ WHEN THE SKY is split asunder, 1 And obeys its Lord and it must. 2 And when the earth is spread out. 3 And throws out whatever it contains and is empty, 4 And obeys its Lord and it must. 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 His account shall presently be taken by an easy reckoning. 8 and he shall return to his people, joyfully, 9 But as for those whose Book of records will be given behind their backs, 10 He shall call for perdition, 11 And be thrown to scorching fire. 12 They lived among their people joyfully 13 Verily he imagined that he would not be back. 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 So by oath of the late evening’s light. 16 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth, 17 or by the moon when it is full, 18 You will surely go up level by level. 19 Then what ails them, that they believe not, 20 And when the Quran is recited to them, they fall not prostrate, ۩ 21 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny; 22 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves. 23 So announce to them a painful punishment~ 24 unless it be such [of them] as [repent, and] attain to faith, and do good works; for theirs shall be a reward unending! 25