Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are burst forth.
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
علمت نفس ما قدمت وأخرت
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
يا أيها الإنسان ما غرك بربك الكريم
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
الذي خلقك فسواك فعدلك
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know all that you do.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
وما هم عنها بغائبين
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense 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
(It will be) the Day when no person shall have power (to do) anything for another, and the Decision, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.