Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
Itha alssamao infatarat
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
And when the stars become dispersed,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the seas are burst forth.
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
And when the graves are laid open,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
And most surely there are keepers over you
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Kiraman katibeena
كِرَامًا كَٰتِبِينَ
They know what you do.
They know all that you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.
(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.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ