Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars become dispersed,
And when the seas are erupted
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
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
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
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
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
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
And most surely there are keepers over you
Noble and recording;
Kiraman katibeena
Honorable recorders,
They know whatever you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know what you do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
And never therefrom will they be absent.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
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
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
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
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.