The Qur'an (Pickthall) · Meccan
84. Al-Inshiqaaq
The Splitting Open · 25 verses
1 When the heaven is split asunder
2 And attentive to her Lord in fear
3 And when the earth is spread out
4 And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty
5 And attentive to her Lord in fear
6 Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence)
7 Then whoso is given his account in his right hand
8 He truly will receive an easy reckoning
9 And will return unto his folk in joy
10 But whoso is given his account behind his back
11 He surely will invoke destruction
12 And be thrown to scorching fire
13 He verily lived joyous with his folk
14 He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah)
15 Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him
16 Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset
17 And by the night and all that it enshroudeth
18 And by the moon when she is at the full
19 That ye shall journey on from plane to plane
20 What aileth them, then, that they believe not
21 And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah)
22 Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny
23 And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding
24 So give them tidings of a painful doom
25 Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing