The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
۞ When the heaven bursts asunder, 1 And attentive to her Lord in fear, 2 when earth is stretched out 3 and throws out of itself all that it contains 4 And obeys its Lord and it must. 5 Human being, you strive hard to get closer to your Lord, and so you will certainly receive the recompense (of your deeds). 6 Then he who is given his Record in his right hand, 7 Will have an easy reckoning, 8 and shall return to his people joyfully. 9 But as for him whose record shall be given to him behind his back; 10 he will in time pray for utter destruction: 11 and roast at the Blaze. 12 Verily, he was among his people in joy! 13 Never thinking he will return. 14 But he will indeed! His Lord was ever watching him. 15 But nay! I swear by the sunset redness, 16 and the night and what it envelops 17 And [by] the moon when it becomes full 18 That you will climb from stage to stage. 19 So what is [the matter] with them [that] they do not believe, 20 Why, when the Quran is recited to them, do they not prostrate themselves? ۩ 21 But those who have disbelieved deny, 22 But God knows what they harbour in their breasts. 23 Therefore give to them glad tidings of a painful punishment, 24 But those who believe and work righteous works, theirs shall be a hire unending. 25