Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
Itha alssamao infatarat
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the Stars are scattered;
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the graves are laid open,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
And most surely there are keepers over you
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Honorable recorders,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Kiraman katibeena
They know what you do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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 soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi