Chapter 82, 19 verses
Itha alssamao infatarat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the Stars are scattered;
When the planets are dispersed,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
When the seas are poured forth,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And the sepulchres are overturned,
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
وإن عليكم لحافظين
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Kiraman katibeena
كراما كاتبين
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Generous and recording,
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
يصلونها يوم الدين
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And will not be absent thence.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
(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.
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.