Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
When the sky breaks apart
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the seas are erupted
And when the graves are laid open,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
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.
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
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;
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
No! But you deny the Recompense.
And most surely there are keepers over you
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Honorable recorders,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Noble and recording;
They know what you do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
They know whatever you do.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
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.
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.