Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the sky breaks apart
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the seas are burst forth.
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are erupted
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
No! But you deny the Recompense.
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
كراما كاتبين
Noble and recording;
They know all that you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know whatever you do.
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
(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.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
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.