بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
English Translation
WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,
Surah 82
The Cleaving
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Recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy
Arabic • English
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
English Translation
WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,
وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ
English Translation
and when the stars are scattered,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
English Translation
and when the seas burst beyond their bounds,
وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
English Translation
and when the graves are overturned –
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
English Translation
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
English Translation
O MAN! What is it that lures thee away from thy bountiful Sustainer,
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
English Translation
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
English Translation
having put thee together in whatever form He willed [thee to have]?
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
English Translation
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
English Translation
And yet, verily, there are ever-watchful forces over you,
كِرَامًۭا كَٰتِبِينَ
English Translation
noble, recording,
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
English Translation
aware of whatever you do!
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍۢ
English Translation
Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous: will indeed be in bliss,
وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍۢ
English Translation
whereas, behold, the wicked will indeed be in a blazing fire –
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
English Translation
[a fire] which they shall enter on Judgment Day,
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
English Translation
and which they shall not [be able to] evade.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
English Translation
And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
English Translation
And once again: What could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌۭ لِّنَفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ
English Translation
[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.
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