Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars become dispersed,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are made to flow forth,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
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
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
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
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
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
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
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
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
And most surely there are keepers over you
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Kiraman katibeena
Honorable recorders,
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know what you do.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Most surely the righteous are in bliss,
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
They shall enter it on the day of judgment.
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
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
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
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
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.