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;
When the planets are dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the Stars are scattered;
When the seas are poured forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And the sepulchres are overturned,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
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.
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? -
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;
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Lo! there are above you guardians,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Generous and recording,
كراما كاتبين
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Who know (all) that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
And will not be absent thence.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
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?
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?
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.