82. Sūrat Al-Infitar · The Cleaving
When the sky splits open,
When the heaven is cleft asunder,
WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,
When the heaven is cleft
When (all) the heavenly spheres will be split apart
and when the stars fall away,
When the planets are dispersed,
and when the stars are scattered,
And when the stars fall off
And when the planets will fall and scatter
and when the seas burst forth,
When the seas are poured forth,
and when the seas burst beyond their bounds,
And when the seas are flown away,
And when oceans (and rivers) will flood and overflow
and when the graves spill out,
And the sepulchres are overturned,
and when the graves are overturned –
And when the graves are scratched,
And when graves will be overturned
˹then˺ each soul will know what it has sent forth or left behind.
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.
every human being will [at last] comprehend, what he has sent ahead and what he has held back [in this world].
Each soul shall then know what it has sent forth and what has been left behind.
Then everyone will come to know what actions he sent forward and what he left behind
O humanity! What has emboldened you against your Lord, the Most Generous,
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,
O MAN! What is it that lures thee away from thy bountiful Sustainer,
'O man, what has deceived you with regard to your Lord, the Noble one.
O man! What has deluded you concerning your Gracious Lord
Who created you, fashioned you, and perfected your design,
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?
who has created thee, and formed thee in accordance with what thou art meant' to be, and shaped thy nature in just proportions,
Who created you, then perfected you, and then proportioned you.
(The One) Who created you (from a fertiled ovum in the mother’s womb), then, (to structure your limbs at the fetal stage,) He shaped you aright, then brought about proportionate alteration in your constitution
moulding you in whatever form He willed?
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.
having put thee together in whatever form He willed [thee to have]?
Into whatever from He willed, He fashioned you.
He constituted you in whatever form He willed
But no! In fact, you deny the ˹final˺ Judgment,
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.
Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God’s] Judgment!
Nothing but you belies the judgement.
That is the truth, (but) on the contrary, you deny the Day of Recompense
while you are certainly observed by vigilant,
Lo! there are above you guardians,
And yet, verily, there are ever-watchful forces over you,
And undoubtedly, above you, are some guardians.
Whereas there are guardian angels appointed over you
honourable angels, recording ˹everything˺.
Generous and recording,
noble, recording,
Honourable, scribes.
(Who are) dignified, the scribes (writing the records of all your deeds)
They know whatever you do.
Who know (all) that ye do.
aware of whatever you do!
They know what you do.
They know (all) those (actions) which you do
Indeed, the virtuous will be in bliss,
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.
Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous: will indeed be in bliss,
Undoubtedly, the righteous are in bliss.
Indeed, the truly good will be in the Garden of Bliss
and the wicked will be in Hell,
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;
whereas, behold, the wicked will indeed be in a blazing fire –
And undoubtedly, the evil doers are necessarily in Hell.
And surely, the evildoers will be in the (Blazing Fire of) Hell
burning in it on Judgment Day,
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,
[a fire] which they shall enter on Judgment Day,
They shall enter it on the Day of Judgement.
They will enter it on the Day of Rising
and they will have no escape from it.
And will not be absent thence.
and which they shall not [be able to] evade.
And they will not be able to hide therefrom.
And will never be able to absent themselves from it (Hell)
What will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?
And what you know, what the Day of Judgement is'.
And what have you made out what the Day of Recompense is
Again, what will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!
And once again: What could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?
Again, what you know, what the Day of Judgement is'.
So what have you learnt about what the Day of Recompense is
˹It is˺ the Day no soul will be of ˹any˺ benefit to another whatsoever, for all authority on that Day belongs to Allah ˹entirely˺.
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.
[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.
The day when no soul shall have power for any other soul. And the entire command on that day is of Allah. -The Giving Short Measure
It is the Day when no soul will own anything for any other soul, and the command on that Day will be entirely Allah’s