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,
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
And when the stars fall, scattering,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the planets are dispersed,
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the seas are erupted
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the seas are poured forth,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
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.
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
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,
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Lo! there are above you guardians,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Noble and recording;
Kiraman katibeena
Generous and recording,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
They know whatever you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
And never therefrom will they be absent.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And will not be absent thence.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
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!
And what will explain to 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
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will explain to 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
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
(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.