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