Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are burst forth.
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
And when the graves are laid open,
And the sepulchres are overturned,
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
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.
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
And most surely there are keepers over you
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Honorable recorders,
Generous and recording,
They know all that you do.
They know what you do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And will not be absent thence.
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense 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!
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense 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!
(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.
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.