Surah The Sundering, Splitting Open [Al-Inshiqaq] in English

When the heaven is split asunder,

And listens to and obeys its Lord -- and it must do so.

And when the earth is stretched forth,

And has cast out all that was in it and became empty.

And listens to and obeys its Lord -- and it must do so.

O man! Verily, you are returning towards your Lord with your deeds and actions, a sure returning, and you will meet.

Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand,

He surely will receive an easy reckoning,

And will return to his family Masrur (in joy)!

But whosoever is given his Record behind his back,

He will invoke destruction,

And he shall enter a blazing Fire, and made to taste its burning.

Verily, he was among his people in joy!

Verily, he thought that he would never return!

Yes! Verily, his Lord has been ever beholding him!

But no! I swear by Ash-Shafaq;

And the night and what it Wasaqa,

And the moon when it Ittasaq.

You shall certainly travel from stage

What is the matter with them, that they believe not

And when the Qur'an is recited to them, they fall not prostrate.

Nay, those who disbelieve deny.

And Allah knows best what they gather,

So, announce to them a painful torment.