The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
۞ WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder, 1 And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; 2 And when the earth is flattened out, 3 and casts out all that is within and voids itself, 4 And listens and obeys its Lord, and it must do so; 5 O mankind, indeed you are laboring toward your Lord with [great] exertion and will meet it. 6 Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, 7 he shall surely receive an easy reckoning 8 And will return to his family in joy! 9 But he who is given his ledger from behind his back 10 he shall call for destruction 11 but he will enter the blazing flame. 12 He used to live joyfully among his people, 13 Verily, he thought that he would never come back (to Us)! 14 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him! 15 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness, 16 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth, 17 and by the moon, when it reaches its fullness: 18 you will progress from stage to stage. 19 What is wrong with them that they do not believe? 20 and [that,] when the Qur'an is read unto them, they do not fall down in prostration? ۩ 21 No, the unbelievers only belie, 22 And Allah is most knowing of what they keep within themselves. 23 So announce to them a painful punishment~ 24 Except those who believe and do the right: For them there is reward unending. 25