Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
And when the stars become dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the graves are laid open,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
And most surely there are keepers over you
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Honorable recorders,
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
They know what you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.