Al-Infitar

When the sky breaks apart

idhā l-samāu infaṭarat

And when the stars fall, scattering,

wa-idhā l-kawākibu intatharat

And when the seas are erupted

wa-idhā l-biḥāru fujjirat

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,

wa-idhā l-qubūru buʿ'thirat

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

ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-akharat

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

yāayyuhā l-insānu mā gharraka birabbika l-karīmi

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalaka

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāa rakkabaka

No! But you deny the Recompense.

kallā bal tukadhibūna bil-dīni

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

wa-inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīna

Noble and recording;

kirāman kātibīna

They know whatever you do.

yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūna

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

wa-inna l-fujāra lafī jaḥīmin

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

yaṣlawnahā yawma l-dīni

And never therefrom will they be absent.

wamā hum ʿanhā bighāibīna

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

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

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

thumma mā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

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 Allah.

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