Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
And when the stars become dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are burst forth.
And when the graves are laid open,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
And most surely there are keepers over you
وإن عليكم لحافظين
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Honorable recorders,
كراما كاتبين
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
They know what you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know all that you do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
يصلونها يوم الدين
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense 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
(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.