Al-Infitar

idhā l-samāu infaṭarat

When the sky breaks apart

wa-idhā l-kawākibu intatharat

And when the stars fall, scattering,

wa-idhā l-biḥāru fujjirat

And when the seas are erupted

wa-idhā l-qubūru buʿ'thirat

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-akharat

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

yāayyuhā l-insānu mā gharraka birabbika l-karīmi

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalaka

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāa rakkabaka

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

kallā bal tukadhibūna bil-dīni

No! But you deny the Recompense.

wa-inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīna

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

kirāman kātibīna

Noble and recording;

yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūna

They know whatever you do.

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

wa-inna l-fujāra lafī jaḥīmin

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

yaṣlawnahā yawma l-dīni

They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

wamā hum ʿanhā bighāibīna

And never therefrom will they be absent.

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

thumma mā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

yawma lā tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan wal-amru yawma-idhin lillahi

It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.