Chapter 82, 19 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the seas are burst forth.
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know all that you do.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
(It will be) the Day when no person shall have power (to do) anything for another, and the Decision, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.