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