Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
Itha alssamao infatarat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the seas are erupted
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
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,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Noble and recording;
Kiraman katibeena
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
They know whatever you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And never therefrom will they be absent.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
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.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
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.