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,
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the sky breaks apart
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
And when the stars become dispersed,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the seas are burst forth.
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are erupted
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
And when the graves are laid open,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
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).
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
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?
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
No! But you deny the Recompense.
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
And most surely there are keepers over you
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman katibeena
Noble and recording;
They know all that you do.
They know what you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know whatever you do.
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
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),
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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.
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.
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.