Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
And when the stars become dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the graves are laid open,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) 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 man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
And most surely there are keepers over you
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Honorable recorders,
كراما كاتبين
Kiraman katibeena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
They know what you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
يصلونها يوم الدين
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will explain to 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
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will explain to 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
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.