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