Judgment

يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْجَمْعِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلتَّغَابُنِ ۗ وَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَيَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦ وَيُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

When He gathers you for the Day of Gathering, the Day of mutual neglect, He will cancel the sins of those who believed in Him and acted righteously: He will admit them into Gardens graced with flowing streams, there to remain for ever- the supreme triumph.

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةً وَٰحِدَةً

when the earth and its mountains are raised high and then crushed with a single blow,

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

The sky will be torn apart on that Day, it will be so frail.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

On that Day you will be brought to judgement and none of your secrets will remain hidden.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

Anyone who is given his Record in his right hand will say, ‘Here is my Record, read it.

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَـٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

I knew I would meet my Reckoning,’

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

and so he will have a pleasant life

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

in a lofty Garden,

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌ

with clustered fruit within his reach.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

It will be said, ‘Eat and drink to your heart’s content as a reward for what you have done in days gone by.’

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَـٰبِيَهْ

But anyone who is given his Record in his left hand will say, ‘If only I had never been given any Record

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

and knew nothing of my Reckoning.

يَـٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

How I wish death had been the end of me.

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

My wealth has been no use to me,

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

and my power has vanished.’

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

‘Take him, put a collar on him,

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

lead him to burn in the blazing Fire,

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

and [bind him] in a chain seventy metres long:

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

he would not believe in Almighty God,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

he never encouraged feeding the hungry,

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَـٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌ

so today he has no real friend here,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍ

and the only food he has is the filth

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَـٰطِـُٔونَ

that only sinners eat.’

يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

On a Day when the heavens will be like molten brass

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

and the mountains like tufts of wool,

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

who believe in the Day of Judgement

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًا مَّهِيلًا

on the Day when the earth and the mountains will shake. The mountains will become a heap of loose sand.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey,

ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًا

a Day when the sky will be torn apart? God’s promise will certainly be fulfilled.

وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

we denied the Day of Judgement

يُوفُونَ بِٱلنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُۥ مُسْتَطِيرًا

They fulfil their vows; they fear a day of widespread woes;

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ ءَاثِمًا أَوْ كَفُورًا

Await your Lord’s Judgement with patience; do not yield to any of these sinners or disbelievers;

فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

When the stars are dimmed

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

and the sky is torn apart,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

when the mountains are turned to dust

وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

and the messengers given their appointed time––

لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِ

The Day of Decision.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ

What will explain to you what the Day of Decision is?

هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ۖ جَمَعْنَـٰكُمْ وَٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

[They will be told], ‘This is the Day of Decision: We have gathered you and earlier generations.

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَـٰتًا

A time has been appointed for the Day of Decision:

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

when the sky will open up like wide portals,

وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

when the mountains will vanish like a mirage.

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ

on the Day when the blast reverberates

تَتْبَعُهَا ٱلرَّادِفَةُ

and the second blast follows,

قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

hearts will tremble

أَبْصَـٰرُهَا خَـٰشِعَةٌ

and eyes will be downcast.

يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life,

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say,

قَالُوا۟ تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ

‘Such a return is impossible!’

فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

But all it will take is a single blast,