Chapter 82, 19 verses
Itha alssamao infatarat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the stars become dispersed,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And when the graves are laid open,
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
And most surely there are keepers over you
Kiraman katibeena
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Honorable recorders,
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
They know what you do.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ
(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.
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.