Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the seas are burst forth.
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Lo! there are above you guardians,
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Generous and recording,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Kiraman katibeena
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know all that you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
And will not be absent thence.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense 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.
(It will be) the Day when no person shall have power (to do) anything for another, and the Decision, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi