Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
And when the stars become dispersed,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the graves are laid open,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
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,
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?
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.
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,
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
And most surely there are keepers over you
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman katibeena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
They know what you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
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?
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?
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.
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.