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