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 Sky is cleft asunder;
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the planets are dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the Stars are scattered;
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the seas are poured forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And the sepulchres are overturned,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Lo! there are above you guardians,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Generous and recording,
كراما كاتبين
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Kiraman katibeena
Who know (all) that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
And will not be absent thence.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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
(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.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi