The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
۞ When the heavens are rent asunder 1 hearing and obeying its Lord, as it must do; 2 And when the earth has been extended 3 And casts forth what is within it and becomes (clean) empty, 4 And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; 5 O man, you have to strive and go on striving towards your Lord, then will you meet Him. 6 And he who is given his ledger in his right hand 7 He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning, 8 and he will return to his family joyfully. 9 But as for those whose Book of records will be given behind their backs, 10 he will in time pray for utter destruction: 11 but he will enter the blazing flame. 12 They lived among their people joyfully 13 for he never thought that he would have to return [to God]. 14 Yea! his Lord had ever been beholding him. 15 BUT NAY! I call to witness the sunset's [fleeting] afterglow, 16 by the night and what it covers, 17 And by the moon when it is at the full, 18 Ye shall surely travel from stage to stage. 19 What aileth them, then, that they believe not 20 And when the Qur'an is read to them, they fall not prostrate, ۩ 21 But on the contrary the Unbelievers reject (it). 22 And Allah knows best what they gather (of good and bad deeds), 23 So announce to them a painful torment. 24 But for those who believe and do good works; for them there shall be a never-ending reward. 25