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