Chapter 82, 19 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the sky breaks apart
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are erupted
And when the seas are burst forth.
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept 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 mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
كراما كاتبين
Noble and recording;
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know whatever you do.
They know all that you do.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.
(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.