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,
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the stars become dispersed,
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And when the graves are laid open,
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
And most surely there are keepers over you
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Honorable recorders,
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
They know what you do.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment 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 soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.