بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

and when the stars are scattered,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

and when the seas burst beyond their bounds,

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

and when the graves are overturned –

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

every human being will [at last] comprehend, what he has sent ahead and what he has held back [in this world].

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

O MAN! What is it that lures thee away from thy bountiful Sustainer,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

who has created thee, and formed thee in accordance with what thou art meant' to be, and shaped thy nature in just proportions,

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍۢ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

having put thee together in whatever form He willed [thee to have]?

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God’s] Judgment!

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

And yet, verily, there are ever-watchful forces over you,

كِرَامًۭا كَٰتِبِينَ

noble, recording,

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

aware of whatever you do!

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍۢ

Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous: will indeed be in bliss,

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍۢ

whereas, behold, the wicked will indeed be in a blazing fire –

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

[a fire] which they shall enter on Judgment Day,

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

and which they shall not [be able to] evade.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

And once again: What could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌۭ لِّنَفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ

[It will be] a Day when no human being shall be of the least avail to another human being: for on that Day [it will become manifest that] all sovereignty is God's alone.