The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the heaven breaks apart. 1 And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, 2 And when the earth is stretched forth, 3 And shall cast forth that which is therein, and shall become empty. 4 And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; 5 O man! verily thou art toiling toward thy Lord a painful toiling, and art about to meet Him. 6 Whoever is given the Record in his right hand 7 will be easy, 8 And will return to his people full of joy. 9 And as to him who shall be given his book from behind his back 10 He surely will invoke destruction 11 And will go into the blazing fire. 12 He used to live joyfully among his people, 13 Never thinking he will return. 14 Why not? His Lord was always watching him. 15 I swear by the glow of sunset, 16 And the night and all it gathers, 17 And by oath of the moon when it is full. 18 You will surely go up level by level. 19 So, wherefore do they not believe? 20 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? ۩ 21 But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it). 22 And Allah knows best what they hide, 23 So give them tidings of a painful doom, 24 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing. 25