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Section 1: Verses 1–19 (Verses 1–19)
Thematic progression across verses 1–19
When the sky breaks apart { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-1'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[1]
When the planets are scattered { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-2'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[2]
When the oceans are exploded { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-3'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[3]
When the tombs are strewn around { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-4'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[4]
Each soul will know what it has advanced, and what it has deferred { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-5'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[5]
O man! What deluded you concerning your Lord, the Most Generous { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-6'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[6]
He Who created you, and formed you, and proportioned you { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-7'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[7]
In whatever shape He willed, He assembled you { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-8'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[8]
But you reject the religion { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-9'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[9]
Though over you are watchers { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-10'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[10]
Honest recorders { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-11'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[11]
They know everything you do { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-12'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[12]
The virtuous will be in bliss { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-13'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[13]
While the wicked will be in Hell { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-14'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[14]
They will enter it on the Day of Justice { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-15'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[15]
And they will not be absent from it { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-16'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[16]
But what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-17'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[17]
Then again, what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-18'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[18]
The Day when no soul will avail another soul anything; and the decision on that Day is God’s { const el = document.getElementById('ayah-19'); if (el) { el.scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'center'}); el.classList.add('movement-highlight-glow'); setTimeout(() => el.classList.remove('movement-highlight-glow'), 2500); } })">[19]
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ
(1)
When the sky breaks apart
وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ
(2)
When the planets are scattered
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ
(3)
When the oceans are exploded
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ
(4)
When the tombs are strewn around
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ
(5)
Each soul will know what it has advanced, and what it has deferred
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
(6)
O man! What deluded you concerning your Lord, the Most Generous
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
(7)
He Who created you, and formed you, and proportioned you
فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةࣲ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
(8)
In whatever shape He willed, He assembled you
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
(9)
But you reject the religion
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
(10)
Though over you are watchers
كِرَامࣰ ا كَٰتِبِينَ
(11)
Honest recorders
يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
(12)
They know everything you do
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمࣲ
(13)
The virtuous will be in bliss
وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمࣲ
(14)
While the wicked will be in Hell
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
(15)
They will enter it on the Day of Justice
وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
(16)
And they will not be absent from it
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
(17)
But what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
(18)
Then again, what will convey to you what the Day of Justice is
يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسࣱ لِّنَفۡسࣲ شَيۡـࣰٔ اۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلَّهِ
(19)
The Day when no soul will avail another soul anything; and the decision on that Day is God’s