In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
Itha alssamao infatarat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
Itha alssamao infatarat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the planets are dispersed,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the seas are burst forth.
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the seas are poured forth,
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And the sepulchres are overturned,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Lo! there are above you guardians,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Kiraman katibeena
Generous and recording,
كراما كاتبين
They know all that you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Who know (all) that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And will not be absent thence.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
(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.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله