Chapter 82, 19 verses
Itha alssamao infatarat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
When the Stars are scattered;
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are burst forth.
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Kiraman katibeena
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know all that you do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
(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 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.