Chapter 82, 19 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the stars become dispersed,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the graves are laid open,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ
Lo! there are above you guardians,
And most surely there are keepers over you
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ
Generous and recording,
Honorable recorders,
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know what you do.
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ
And will not be absent thence.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.