بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١
When the sky is torn apart,
وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢
when the stars are scattered,
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣
when the seas burst forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ ٤
when graves turn inside out:
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥
each soul will know what it has done and what it has left undone.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ٦
Mankind, what has lured you away from God,
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ٧
your generous Lord, who created you, shaped you, proportioned you,
فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ٨
in whatever form He chose?
كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ٩
Yet you still take the Judgement to be a lie!
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ١٠
Over you stand
كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ ١١
watchers, noble recorders
يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ١٢
who know what you do:
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ ١٣
the good will live in bliss,
وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ ١٤
and the wicked will burn in the Fire.
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ١٥
They will enter it on the Day of Judgement
وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ١٦
and they will find no escape.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٧
What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨
Yes! What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?
يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ ١٩
The Day when no soul will be able to do anything for another; on that Day, command will belong to God.
Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem · Recitation: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary · Quran.Foundation