Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the Stars are scattered;
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are erupted
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And the sepulchres are overturned,
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
وإن عليكم لحافظين
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Noble and recording;
كراما كاتبين
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Generous and recording,
They know whatever you do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
يصلونها يوم الدين
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And never therefrom will they be absent.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And will not be absent thence.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee 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 explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will convey unto thee 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
(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.
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.