Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the sky breaks apart
And when the stars become dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are erupted
And when the graves are laid open,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
No! But you deny the Recompense.
And most surely there are keepers over you
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Honorable recorders,
كراما كاتبين
Kiraman katibeena
Noble and recording;
They know what you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know whatever you do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
يصلونها يوم الدين
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
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
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
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.