Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ
When the sky breaks apart
When the planets are dispersed,
وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, scattering,
When the seas are poured forth,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are erupted
And the sepulchres are overturned,
وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Lo! there are above you guardians,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Generous and recording,
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ
Noble and recording;
Who know (all) that ye do.
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
They know whatever you do.
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
And will not be absent thence.
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ
And never therefrom will they be absent.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ
It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.