Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
Itha alssamao infatarat
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
When the Stars are scattered;
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
And when the seas are burst forth.
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ
Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Kiraman katibeena
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
كِرَامًا كَٰتِبِينَ
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
They know all that you do.
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
(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
(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.
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ