Chapter 82, 19 verses
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the sky breaks apart
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars fall, scattering,
When the Stars are scattered;
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are erupted
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
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 has He assembled you.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Kiraman katibeena
Noble and recording;
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know whatever you do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
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.
(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.