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