Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
Kiraman katibeena
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
(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.
يوم لا تملك نفس لنفس شيئا ۖ والأمر يومئذ لله
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi