Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
Itha alssamao infatarat
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,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the graves are laid open,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
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,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
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?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
And most surely there are keepers over you
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman katibeena
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
They know what you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
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.