Day

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

when wild beasts are herded together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

when the seas boil over,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

when souls are sorted into classes,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

when the baby girl buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

for what sin she was killed,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

when the records of deeds are spread open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

when the sky is stripped away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

when Hell is made to blaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

and Paradise brought near:

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

then every soul will know what it has brought about.

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

When the sky is torn apart,

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

when the stars are scattered,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

when the seas burst forth,

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

They will enter it on the Day of Judgement

ٱلَّذِينَ يُكَذِّبُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

those who deny the Day of Judgement!

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

When the sky is ripped apart,

وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

when the earth is levelled out,

وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

by the promised Day,

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَـٰشِيَةِ

Have you heard tell [Prophet] about the Overwhelming Event?

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded,

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

When the earth is shaken violently in its [last] quaking,

وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

when the earth throws out its burdens,

وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا

when man cries, ‘What is happening to it?’;

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

on that Day, it will tell all

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

because your Lord will inspire it [to do so].

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ

On that Day, people will come forward in separate groups to be shown their deeds:

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ

whoever has done an atom’s-weight of good will see it,

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ

but whoever has done an atom’s-weight of evil will see that.

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

The Crashing Blow!

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

and the mountains like tufts of wool,