Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the sky breaks apart
And when the stars become dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are erupted
And when the graves are laid open,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
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
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
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
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
No! But you deny the Recompense.
And most surely there are keepers over you
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Honorable recorders,
كراما كاتبين
Noble and recording;
They know what you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know whatever you do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
يصلونها يوم الدين
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
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
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
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
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.