Chapter 82, 19 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the seas are burst forth.
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
(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
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Kiraman katibeena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
They know all that you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will explain to 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.
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.