Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا السماء انفطرت
When the sky breaks apart
When the Stars are scattered;
وإذا الكواكب انتثرت
And when the stars fall, scattering,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
وإذا البحار فجرت
And when the seas are erupted
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
وإذا القبور بعثرت
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 [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 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 you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
في أي صورة ما شاء ركبك
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
كلا بل تكذبون بالدين
No! But you deny the Recompense.
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
وإن عليكم لحافظين
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
كراما كاتبين
Noble and recording;
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
يعلمون ما تفعلون
They know whatever you do.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
إن الأبرار لفي نعيم
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
وإن الفجار لفي جحيم
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
يصلونها يوم الدين
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 never therefrom will they be absent.
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
وما أدراك ما يوم الدين
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
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
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.