Chapter 82, 19 verses
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars become dispersed,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the seas are burst forth.
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the graves are laid open,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
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).
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
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?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
And most surely there are keepers over you
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Kiraman katibeena
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know what you do.
They know all that you do.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
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),
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
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.