Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
When the planets are dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the seas are poured forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And the sepulchres are overturned,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are laid open,
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Lo! there are above you guardians,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And most surely there are keepers over you
Generous and recording,
كراما كاتبين
Honorable recorders,
Who know (all) that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know what you do.
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
And will not be absent thence.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
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.