Chapter 82, 19 verses
When the Sky is cleft asunder;
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,
When the Stars are scattered;
And when the stars have fallen and scattered.
When the planets are dispersed,
When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;
And when the seas are burst forth.
When the seas are poured forth,
And when the Graves are turned upside down; -
And when the graves are turned upside down (and bring out their contents)
And the sepulchres are overturned,
(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.
(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).
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? -
O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous?
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;
Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion.
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?
In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.
In whatever form He willed, He put you together.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!
Nay! But you deny Ad-Din (i.e. the Day of Recompense).
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -
But verily, over you (are appointed angels in charge of mankind) to watch you,
Lo! there are above you guardians,
Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):
Kiraman (Honourable) Katibin writing down (your deeds),
Generous and recording,
They know (and understand) all that ye do.
They know all that you do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;
Verily, the Abrar (the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism) will be in Delight (Paradise);
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,
And verily, the Fujjar (the wicked, disbelievers, polytheists, sinners and evil-doers) will be in the blazing Fire (Hell),
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,
Therein they will enter, and taste its burning flame on the Day of Recompense,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.
And they (Al-Fujjar) will not be absent therefrom.
And will not be absent thence.
And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
And what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?
Again, what will make you know what the Day of Recompense is?
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.
(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.
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.