Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the stars become dispersed,
And when the seas are erupted
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the graves are laid open,
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
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.
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
And most surely there are keepers over you
Noble and recording;
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
Honorable recorders,
They know whatever you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know what you do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
And never therefrom will they be absent.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
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.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
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.