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