When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
When the sky breaks apart
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
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.
When the sky breaks apart
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
And when the stars become dispersed,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
And when the stars fall, scattering,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the seas are burst forth.
And when the seas are erupted
وإذا البحار فجرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
And when the graves are laid open,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
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).
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
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?
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
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.
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
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).
No! But you deny the Recompense.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
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,
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Noble and recording;
كراما كاتبين
كِرَامًا كَٰتِبِينَ
They know what you do.
They know all that you do.
They know whatever you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
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),
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
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,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
يصلونها يوم الدين
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And never therefrom will they be absent.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
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?
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
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?
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
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.
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.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ