Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the planets are dispersed,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the seas are poured forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Generous and recording,
Kiraman katibeena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Who know (all) that ye do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
And will not be absent thence.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
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
(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.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله