Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are laid open,
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And most surely there are keepers over you
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Honorable recorders,
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know what you do.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they shall by no means be absent from it.
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?
(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
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.