Chapter 82, 19 verses
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the planets are dispersed,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
When the seas are poured forth,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And when the graves are laid open,
And the sepulchres are overturned,
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
(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.
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
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?
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
And most surely there are keepers over you
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Kiraman katibeena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Honorable recorders,
Generous and recording,
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
They know what you do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And will not be absent thence.
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will make you realize 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
(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.
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.