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1. When the sky will split apart because of the angels descending from it.

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2. When the stars fall one after the other and are scattered.

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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

asunder, [82:2] and when the Stars are dispersed, [when] they expire and begin to fall, [82:3] and when the seas are burSt forth, released one upon the other, forming one mass of water, so that the sweet [water] mixes with the salty; [82:4] and when the tombs are overturned, [when] their earth [above them] is dug up and its dead are raised (the response to idha, ‘when, and all that is supplemented thereto is [the following]): [82:5] a soul, every soul, will know, at the time of the [occurrence of the] things mentioned, which is the Day of Resurrection, what it has sent ahead, in the way o…

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3. When the seas are opened into one another and they merge.

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4. When the soil of graves is turned over to resurrect the dead in them.

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5. At that time, every soul will know the actions it sent forward and those it left behind and did not do.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

are raised (the response to idha, ‘when, and all that is supplemented thereto is [the following]): [82:5] a soul, every soul, will know, at the time of the [occurrence of the] things mentioned, which is the Day of Resurrection, what it has sent ahead, in the way of deeds, and, what [it has], left behind, of these and did not do. [82:6] O, disbelieving, man! What has deceived you with regard to your generous Lord?, so that you have disobeyed Him, [82:7] Who created you, when you were not, then made you upright, in your created form, with sound limbs, then proportioned you (read fa-’adala…

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6. O man who has rejected his Lord! What has made you go against the instruction of your Lord when He gave you respite and did not punish you quickly, as a favour from Him?!

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7. The One Who gave you existence after you were non-existent, and Who proportioned and balanced your limbs.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

has deceived you with regard to your generous Lord?, so that you have disobeyed Him, [82:7] Who created you, when you were not, then made you upright, in your created form, with sound limbs, then proportioned you (read fa-’adalak or fa-‘addalak), making you symmetrical in shape, with well-proportioned parts, so that no hand or leg is longer than the other, [82:8] assembling you in whatever (ma is a relative) form He will? [82:9] No indeed! — a deterrent against letting oneself be misled by the generosity of God, exalted be He.…

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8. In whatever form He wished to create you, He created you. He favoured you as He did not create you in the form of a donkey, monkey, dog or other form.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

or leg is longer than the other, [82:8] assembling you in whatever (ma is a relative) form He will? [82:9] No indeed! — a deterrent against letting oneself be misled by the generosity of God, exalted be He. Rather you, that is, disbelievers of Mecca, deny Judgement, requital for deeds; [82:10] Yet lo! there are above you watchers, from among the angels, over your deeds, [82:11] noble, in God’s sight, writers, of these [deeds], [82:12] who know whatever you do, all of it. [82:13] Indeed the pious, the believers who are sincere in their faith, shall be amid bliss, [in] Paradise, [82:14] a…

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9. O you who are deceived, the matter is not as you thought! In fact, you deny the day of recompense and do not work for it.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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10. Over you are angels who record your deeds.

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11. Noble in Allah’s sight, scribes who write down your deeds.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

among the angels, over your deeds, [82:11] noble, in God’s sight, writers, of these [deeds], [82:12] who know whatever you do, all of it. [82:13] Indeed the pious, the believers who are sincere in their faith, shall be amid bliss, [in] Paradise, [82:14] an d indeed the profligates, the disbelievers, shall be in Hell-fire, a scorching fire, [82:15] entering it, to suffer its heat, on the Day of Judgement, [the Day of] Requital, [82:16] and they shall not be absent from it, [they shall not] be taken out of it. [82:17] And what would show you, [what would] inform you, what the Day of Judgeme…

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12. They know of every action you do and they write it down.

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13. Those who do abundant acts of good and obedience will be in everlasting bliss on the day of judgment.

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Al-Mukhtasar

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14. Those who committed iniquity will be in a fire that will be burned over them.

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15. They will enter it on the day of recompense and suffer from its heat.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

hing fire, [82:15] entering it, to suffer its heat, on the Day of Judgement, [the Day of] Requital, [82:16] and they shall not be absent from it, [they shall not] be taken out of it. [82:17] And what would show you, [what would] inform you, what the Day of Judgement is? [82:18] Again, what would show you what the Day of Judgement is? — [repeated] to emphasise its enormity. [82:19] [It i s l a day (read yaw mu) when no soul will be of any avail, any use, to another soul, and the [absolute] command on that day will be God’s-, there will be no [power of] command for anyone other than Him t…

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16. They will never be absent from it. Instead they will remain in it forever.

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17. O Messenger! What will tell you what the day of justice is?

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Al-Mukhtasar

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18. Again, what will tell you what the day of justice is?

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19. A day when no one will be able to benefit anyone. The entire matter on that day will belong to Allah alone, to deal as He wishes, and not to anyone besides Him.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

would show you what the Day of Judgement is? — [repeated] to emphasise its enormity. [82:19] [It i s l a day (read yaw mu) when no soul will be of any avail, any use, to another soul, and the [absolute] command on that day will be God’s-, there will be no [power of] command for anyone other than Him thereat, in other words, none has been given the power to mediate thereupon, in contract to [situations] in this world. Meccan or Medinese, consisting of 36 verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: [83:1] Woe (waylun: a term entailing chastisement; or [it is the name of] a…