Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
Itha alssamao infatarat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
When the planets are dispersed,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the seas are poured forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And the sepulchres are overturned,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are laid open,
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
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,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
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 ?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And most surely there are keepers over you
Generous and recording,
Kiraman katibeena
كراما كاتبين
Honorable recorders,
Who know (all) that ye do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know what you do.
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
يصلونها يوم الدين
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
And will not be absent thence.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
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!
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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!
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
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.