Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the sky breaks apart
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
And when the stars fall, scattering,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the seas are erupted
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
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
(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 has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
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
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Noble and recording;
Kiraman katibeena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
They know whatever you do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
And never therefrom will they be absent.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
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
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 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
(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.