The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the sky has split [open] 1 hearing and obeying its Lord, as it must do; 2 When the earth is stretched out taut 3 and throws out of itself all that it contains 4 and hearkens to the command of its Lord, doing what it should. 5 [then,] O man - thou [that] hast, verily, been toiling towards thy Sustainer in painful toil - then shalt thou meet Him! 6 Then, he who is given his Book in his right hand 7 He surely will receive an easy reckoning, 8 And will return to his family in joy! 9 And as to him who shall be given his book from behind his back 10 Soon he will pray for death. 11 and roast at the Blaze. 12 He used to live joyfully among his people, 13 Truly, did he think that he would not have to return (to Us)! 14 Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him. 15 So by oath of the late evening’s light. 16 And the night and that which it drives on, 17 And [by] the moon when it becomes full 18 [That] you will surely experience state after state. 19 Then what ails them, that they believe not, 20 And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance? ۩ 21 In fact, they reject the Quran, 22 And Allah knows best what they hide, 23 Therefore, give them the news of a painful punishment. 24 Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off. 25