إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

Ayah/Verse 1: idhā l-samāu infaṭarat

Meaning: When the sky splits ˹apart˺

[Izas samaaa’un fatarat]

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

Ayah/Verse 2: wa-idhā l-kawākibu intatharat

Meaning: and when the stars fall scattering

[Wa izal kawaakibun tasarat]

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

Ayah/Verse 3: wa-idhā l-biḥāru fujjirat

Meaning: and when the seas burst forth (i.e., overflow)

[Wa izal bihaaru fujjirat]

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

Ayah/Verse 4: wa-idhā l-qubūru buʿ’thirat

Meaning: and when the graves spill out ˹its contents˺

[Wa izal qubooru bu’sirat]

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

Ayah/Verse 5: ‘Alimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-akharat

Meaning: ˹then˺ each soul will know what it has sent ahead and left behind (i.e., good and bad deeds)

[‘Alimat nafsum maa qaddamat wa akhkharat]

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

Ayah/Verse 6: yāayyuhā l-insānu mā gharraka birabbika l-karīmi

Meaning: O the human being! What has deceived you (i.e., made you careless) concerning your Lord ˹Allah˺, the Most Generous

[Yaaa ayyuhal insaaanu maa gharraka bi Rabbikal kareem]

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

Ayah/Verse 7: alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalaka

Meaning: Who created you, then fashioned you, then proportioned you

[Allazee khalaqaka fasaw waaka fa’adalak]

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

Ayah/Verse 8: fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāa rakkabaka

Meaning: in whatever form what He ˹Allah˺ willed, He ˹Allah˺ put you together

[Feee ayye sooratim maa shaaa’a rakkabak]

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

Ayah/Verse 9: kallā bal tukadhibūna bil-dīni

Meaning: No! But you deny the ˹Final˺ Judgment

[Kalla bal tukazziboona bid deen]

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَـٰفِظِينَ

Ayah/Verse 10: wa-inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīna

Meaning: and indeed, upon you (i.e., the human being) surely are guardians (i.e., appointed angels)

[Wa inna ‘alaikum lahaa fizeen]

كِرَامًا كَـٰتِبِينَ

Ayah/Verse 11: kirāman kātibīna

Meaning: honorable writers (i.e., angels recording)

[Kiraaman kaatibeen]

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Ayah/Verse 12: yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūna

Meaning: They (i.e., angels recording) know what you (i.e., the human being) do (i.e., all your deeds)

[Ya’lamoona ma taf’aloon]

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

Ayah/Verse 13: inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

Meaning: Indeed, the righteous ˹human being˺ will be surely in Bliss (i.e., delight)

[Innal abraara lafee na’eem]

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ

Ayah/Verse 14: wa-inna l-fujāra lafī jaḥīmin

Meaning: and indeed, the wicked ˹human being˺ will be surely in hellfire

[Wa innal fujjaara lafee jaheem]

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

Ayah/Verse 15: yaṣlawnahā yawma l-dīni

Meaning: they (i.e., the wicked) will burn in it on the Day of Judgment

[Yaslawnahaa Yawmad Deen]

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

Ayah/Verse 16: wamā hum ʿanhā bighāibīna

Meaning: and they (i.e., the wicked) will not be ˹able to be˺ absent (i.e., escape) from it 

[Wa maa hum ‘anhaa bighaaa ‘ibeen]

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Ayah/Verse 17: wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

Meaning: And what will make you realize what the Day of Judgment is

[Wa maaa adraaka maa Yawmud Deen]

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Ayah/Verse 18: thumma mā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

Meaning: Then, what will make you realize what the Day of Judgment is

[Summa maaa adraaka maa Yawmud Deen]

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ

Ayah/Verse 19: yawma lā tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan wal-amru yawma-idhin lillahi

Meaning: ˹It is˺ the Day when a soul will have no power ˹to do˺ anything for ˹another˺ soul, and the ˹Absolute˺ Command on that Day is with Allah 

[Yawma laa tamliku nafsul linafsin shai’anw walamru yawma’izil lillaah]