Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
Itha alssamao infatarat
And when the stars fall, scattering,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars become dispersed,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the seas are erupted
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are laid open,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
No! But you deny the Recompense.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And most surely there are keepers over you
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Noble and recording;
كراما كاتبين
Honorable recorders,
Kiraman katibeena
They know whatever you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know what you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
And never therefrom will they be absent.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi