Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are erupted
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
And when the graves are laid open,
And the sepulchres are overturned,
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
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.
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
And most surely there are keepers over you
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Noble and recording;
Honorable recorders,
Generous and recording,
They know whatever you do.
They know what you do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And never therefrom will they be absent.
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And will not be absent thence.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
And what will make you realize 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?
Again, what will make you realize 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.
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.