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,
When the sky breaks apart
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
When the planets are dispersed,
And when the stars fall, scattering,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the seas are erupted
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And the sepulchres are overturned,
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,
(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.
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
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,
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
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 ?
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
No! But you deny the Recompense.
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Lo! there are above you guardians,
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Generous and recording,
Noble and recording;
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
Who know (all) that ye do.
They know whatever you do.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And will not be absent thence.
And never therefrom will they be absent.
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!
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
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!
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
(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.
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.