The Splitting (Al-Inshiqaaq)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
۞ When the sky is rent asunder, 1 And it listens to the command of its Lord – and that befits it. 2 and when the earth is leveled, 3 And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty, 4 And hearkens to its Lord and is dutiful, 5 O man, having striven hard towards your Lord, you shall meet Him: 6 Whoever is given the Record in his right hand 7 He surely will receive an easy reckoning, 8 And he shall return unto his people joyfully. 9 But he who is given the Record behind his back, 10 Soon will he cry for perdition, 11 But will be roasted in the fire. 12 Truly, did he go about among his people, rejoicing! 13 he surely thought he would never revert. 14 Yea! his Lord had ever been beholding him. 15 I swear by the afterglow of sunset, 16 and the night, and what it [step by step] unfolds, 17 And by the moon when she becometh full. 18 you shall surely ride stage after stage. 19 What, then, is amiss with them that they will not believe [in a life to come]? 20 When the Quran is read to them, why do they not fall to their knees? ۩ 21 In fact the unbelievers disavow. 22 But Allah has full knowledge of what they secrete (in their breasts) 23 So give them good tidings of a painful chastisement, 24 except the righteously striving believers, who will receive a never-ending reward. 25