Chapter 82, 19 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars become dispersed,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the seas are burst forth.
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are laid open,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
(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 has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And most surely there are keepers over you
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
كراما كاتبين
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know what you do.
They know all that you do.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
يصلونها يوم الدين
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will make you realize 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 make you realize 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
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely 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.