Read the surah · Surah 82
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Nineteen verses on the sky cleft, the stars scattered, the graves overturned, and a soul knowing what it sent ahead and what it left behind. It asks what has deceived you concerning your generous Lord, and names the two recorders who know what you do.
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إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ
Easy-read (simplified)idhaa s-samaa'u nfatarat
DIN 31635ʾiḏā s-samāʾu nfaṭarat
When the sky breaks apart.
When the heaven is cleft asunder
When the heaven is cleft asunder
WHEN the Heaven shall CLEAVE asunder
When the heaven shall be cloven in sunder
وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa l-kawaakibu ntatharat
DIN 31635waʾiḏā l-kawākibu ntaṯarat
When the planets are scattered.
When the planets are dispersed
And when the stars are scattered
And when the stars shall disperse
and when the stars shall be scattered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa l-bihaaru fujjirat
DIN 31635waʾiḏā l-biḥāru fuǧǧirat
The translators word this verse differently
When the oceans are exploded.
When the seas are poured forth
And when the seas gush together
And when the seas shall be commingled
and when the seas shall be suffered to join their waters
وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'idhaa l-qubooru bu'thirat
DIN 31635waʾiḏā l-qubūru buʿṯirat
When the tombs are strewn around.
And the sepulchres are overturned
And when the tombs are turned upside down
And when the graves shall be turned upside down
and when the graves shall be turned upside down
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ
Easy-read (simplified)'alimat nafsun maa qaddamat wa'akhkharat
DIN 31635ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat waʾaḫḫarat
The translators word this verse differently
Each soul will know what it has advanced, and what it has deferred.
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind
The soul shall know what it has sent on or kept back
Each soul shall recognise its earliest and its latest actions
Every soul shall know what it hath committed, and what it hath omitted
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ
Easy-read (simplified)yaa ayyuhaa l-'insaanu maa gharraka birabbika l-kareem
DIN 31635yā ʾayyuhā l-ʾinsānu mā ġarraka birabbika l-karīmi
O man! What deluded you concerning your Lord, the Most Generous?
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful
O man! what has seduced thee concerning thy generous Lord
O man! what hath misled thee against thy generous Lord
O man, what hath seduced thee against thy gracious Lord
ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Easy-read (simplified)alladhee khalaqaka fasawwaaka fa'adalak
DIN 31635allaḏī ḫalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalaka
The translators word this verse differently
He Who created you, and formed you, and proportioned you?
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee
who created thee, and fashioned thee, and gave thee symmetry
Who hath created thee and moulded thee and shaped thee aright
who hath created thee, and put thee together
فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Easy-read (simplified)fee ayyi sooratin maa shaa'a rakkabak
DIN 31635fī ʾayyi ṣūratin mā šāʾa rakkabaka
The translators word this verse differently
In whatever shape He willed, He assembled you.
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee
and in what form He pleased composed thee
In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee
and rightly disposed thee? In what form He pleased hath He fashioned thee
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
Easy-read (simplified)kallaa bal tukadhdhiboona bid-deen
DIN 31635kallā bal tukaḏḏibūna bid-dīni
The translators word this verse differently
But you reject the religion.
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment
Nay, but ye call the judgment a lie
Even so; but ye treat the Judgment as a lie
Assuredly. But ye deny the last judgment as a falsehood
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna 'alaykum lahaafizeen
DIN 31635waʾinna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīna
The translators word this verse differently
Though over you are watchers.
Lo! there are above you guardians
but over you are guardians set
Yet truly there are guardians over you
Verily there are appointed over you guardian angels
كِرَامًا كَٰتِبِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)kiraaman kaatibeen
DIN 31635kirāman kātibīna
The translators word this verse differently
Honest recorders.
Generous and recording
noble, writing down
Illustrious recorders
honourable in the sight of God, writing down your actions
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)ya'lamoona maa taf'aloon
DIN 31635yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūna
The translators word this verse differently
They know everything you do.
Who know (all) that ye do
they know what ye do
Cognisant of your actions
who know that which ye do
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)inna l-'abraara lafee na'eem
DIN 31635ʾinna l-ʾabrāra lafī naʿīmin
The translators word this verse differently
The virtuous will be in bliss.
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight
Verily, the righteous are in pleasure
Surely amid delights shall the righteous dwell
The just shall surely be in a place of delight
وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ
Easy-read (simplified)wa'inna l-fujjaara lafee jaheem
DIN 31635waʾinna l-fuǧǧāra lafī ǧaḥīmin
While the wicked will be in Hell.
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell
and, verily, the wicked are in hell
But verily the impure in Hell-fire
But the wicked shall surely be in hell
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Easy-read (simplified)yaslawnahaa yawma d-deen
DIN 31635yaṣlawnahā yawma d-dīni
They will enter it on the Day of Justice.
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment
they shall broil therein upon the judgment day
They shall be burned at it on the day of doom
they shall be cast therein to be burned, on the day of judgment
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa hum 'anhaa bighaa'ibeen
DIN 31635wamā hum ʿanhā biġāʾibīna
The translators word this verse differently
And they will not be absent from it.
And will not be absent thence
nor shall they be absent therefrom
And they shall not be able to hide themselves from it
and they shall not be absent therefrom for ever
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Easy-read (simplified)wamaa adraaka maa yawmu d-deen
DIN 31635wamā ʾadrāka mā yawmu d-dīni
But what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is
And what shall make thee know what is the judgment day
Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is
What shall cause thee to understand what the day of judgment is
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Easy-read (simplified)thumma maa adraaka maa yawmu d-deen
DIN 31635ṯumma mā ʾadrāka mā yawmu d-dīni
Then again, what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is?
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is
Again, what shall make thee know what is the judgment day
Once more. Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is
Again, what shall cause thee to understand what the day of judgment is
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ
Easy-read (simplified)yawma laa tamliku nafsun linafsin shay'an wal-'amru yawma'idhin lillaah
DIN 31635yawma lā tamliku nafsun linafsin šayʾan wal-ʾamru yawmaʾiḏin lillāhi
The translators word this verse differently
The Day when no soul will avail another soul anything; and the decision on that Day is God's.
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's
a day when no soul shall control aught for another; and the bidding on that day belongs to God
It is a day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul: all sovereignty on that day shall be with God
It is a day whereon one soul shall not be able to obtain any thing in behalf of another soul: And the command, on that day, shall be God's
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