بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ
WHEN THE SKY is split asunder,
وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ
And the stars dispersed,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
When the oceans begin to flow,
وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
When the graves are overturned,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
Each soul will know what it had sent ahead and what it had left behind.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ
O man, what seduced you from your munificent Lord
الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Who created you then formed your symmetry, then gave you right proportion,
فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Shaping you into any form He pleased?
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ
Even then you deny the Judgement.
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ
Surely there are guardians over you,
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ
Illustrious scribes
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
Who know what you do.
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ
The pious will surely be in heaven,
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ
The wicked certainly in Hell:
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
They will burn in it on the Day of Judgement,
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ
And will not be removed from it.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
How can you comprehend what the Day of Judgement is?
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
How then can you comprehend what the Day of Judgement is?
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلَّهِ
It is the day when no soul will have power to do the least for a soul, and God's alone will be done.