Quran Verses about The Day of Judgement

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَاۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ رَبِّيۖ لَا يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقۡتِهَآ إِلَّا هُوَۚ ثَقُلَتۡ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ لَا تَأۡتِيكُمۡ إِلَّا بَغۡتَةٗۗ يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ كَأَنَّكَ حَفِيٌّ عَنۡهَاۖ قُلۡ إِنَّمَا عِلۡمُهَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٨٧

Yasʾalūnaka ʿanis-sāʿati ayyāna mursāhā, qul innamā ʿilmuhā ʿinda rabbī, lā yujallīhā liwaqtihā illā huw, thaqulat fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, lā taʾtīkum illā baghtah, yasʾalūnaka kaʾannaka ḥafiyyun ʿanhā, qul innamā ʿilmuhā ʿindallāhi wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn.

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹ Say, "Its knowledge is only with my Lord. None will reveal its time except Him. It lays heavily² upon the heavens and the earth. It will not come upon you except unexpectedly." They ask you as if you are familiar with it. Say, "Its knowledge is only with Allāh, but most of the people do not know."

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخۡفِيهَا لِتُجۡزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفۡسِۭ بِمَا تَسۡعَىٰ ١٥

Innas-sāʿata ātiyatun akādu ukhfīhā litujzā kullu nafsim bimā tasʿā.

Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it¹ - so that every soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives.

وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٞ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبۡعَثُ مَن فِي ٱلۡقُبُورِ ٧

Wa annas-sāʿata ātiyatul lā rayba fīhā wa annallāha yabʿathu man fil-qubūr.

And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allāh will resurrect those in the graves.

إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٥٩

Innas-sāʿata laʾātiyatul lā rayba fīhā wa lākinna aktharan-nāsi lā yuʾminūn.

Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe.

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ٤٠

Inna yawmal-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīn.

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ٤٩

Qul innal-awwalīna wal-ākhirīn.

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, the former and later peoples

لَمَجۡمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَٰتِ يَوۡمٖ مَّعۡلُومٖ ٥٠

Lamajmūʿūna ilā mīqāti yawmim maʿlūm.

Are to be gathered together for the appointment of a known Day."

إِنَّ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡفَصۡلِ كَانَ مِيقَٰتٗا ١٧

Inna yawmal-faṣli kāna mīqātā.

Indeed, the Day of Judgement is an appointed time -

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلسَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرۡسَىٰهَا ٤٢

Yasʾalūnaka ʿanis-sāʿati ayyāna mursāhā.

They ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the Hour: when is its arrival?¹

فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكۡرَىٰهَآ ٤٣

Fīma anta min dhikrāhā.

In what [position] are you that you should mention it?¹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَىٰهَآ ٤٤

Ilā rabbika muntahāhā.

To your Lord is its finality.¹

إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخۡشَىٰهَا ٤٥

Innamā anta mundhiru may yakhshāhā.

You are only a warner for those who fear it.

كَأَنَّهُمۡ يَوۡمَ يَرَوۡنَهَا لَمۡ يَلۡبَثُوٓاْ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوۡ ضُحَىٰهَا ٤٦

Kaʾannahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā.

It will be, on the Day they see it,¹ as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡۚ إِنَّ زَلۡزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَيۡءٌ عَظِيمٞ ١

Yāʾayyuhan-nāsuttaqū rabbakum, inna zalzalatas-sāʿati shayʾun ʿaẓīm.

O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.

يَوۡمَ تَرَوۡنَهَا تَذۡهَلُ كُلُّ مُرۡضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرۡضَعَتۡ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمۡلٍ حَمۡلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَٰرَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٞ ٢

Yawma tarawnahā tadhhalu kullu murḍiʿatin ʿammā arḍaʿat wa taḍaʿu kullu dhāti ḥamlin ḥamlahā wa taran-nāsa sukārā wa mā hum bisukārā wa lākinna ʿadhāballāhi shadīd.

On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allāh is severe.

إِذَا وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١

Idhā waqaʿatil-wāqiʿah.

When the Occurrence occurs,

لَيۡسَ لِوَقۡعَتِهَا كَاذِبَةٌ ٢

Laysa liwaqʿatihā kādhibah.

There is, at its occurrence, no denial.

خَافِضَةٞ رَّافِعَةٌ ٣

Khāfiḍatur rāfiʿah.

It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].¹

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ رَجّٗا ٤

Idhā rujjatil-arḍu rajjā.

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

وَبُسَّتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ بَسّٗا ٥

Wa bussatil-jibālu bassā.

And the mountains are broken down, crumbling

فَكَانَتۡ هَبَآءٗ مُّنۢبَثّٗا ٦

Fakānat habāʾam munbaththā.

And become dust dispersing,

إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا ١

Idhā zulzilatil-arḍu zilzālahā.

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا ٢

Wa akhrajatil-arḍu athqālahā.

And the earth discharges its burdens¹

وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣

Wa qālal-insānu mā lahā.

And man says,¹ "What is [wrong] with it?" -

يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا ٤

Yawmaʾidhin tuḥaddithu akhbārahā.

That Day, it will report its news

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا ٥

Biʾanna rabbaka awḥā lahā.

Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.

يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٦

Yawmaʾidhiy yaṣdurun-nāsu ashtātal liyuraw aʿmālahum.

That Day, the people will depart¹ separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ ٧

Famay yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin khayray yarah.

So whoever does an atom's weight¹ of good will see it,

وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ ٨

Wa may yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin sharray yarah.

And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١

Al-qāriʿah.

The Striking Calamity -

مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢

Mal-qāriʿah.

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣

Wa mā adrāka mal-qāriʿah.

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤

Yawma yakūnun-nāsu kal-farāshil-mabthūth.

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,¹

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥

Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-ʿihnil-manfūsh.

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.¹

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦

Fa ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuh.

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٧

Fahuwa fī ʿīshatir rāḍiyah.

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨

Wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh.

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ٩

Fa ummuhū hāwiyah.

His refuge¹ will be an abyss.²

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠

Wa mā adrāka mā hiyah.

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١

Nārun ḥāmiyah.

It is a Fire, intensely hot.

يَوۡمَ تُبَدَّلُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُۖ وَبَرَزُواْ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡوَٰحِدِ ٱلۡقَهَّارِ ٤٨

Yawma tubaddalul-arḍu ghayral-arḍi was-samāwāt, wa barazū lillāhil-wāḥidil-qahhār.

[It will be] on the Day the earth will be replaced by another earth, and the heavens [as well], and they [i.e., all creatures] will come out before Allāh, the One, the Prevailing,

يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقٖ نُّعِيدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠٤

Yawma naṭwis-samāʾa kaṭayyis-sijilli lil-kutub, kamā badaʾnā awwala khalqin nuʿīduh, waʿdan ʿalaynā, innā kunnā fāʿilīn.

The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.¹

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةٗ كَٱلدِّهَانِ ٣٧

Fa idhanshaqqatis-samāʾu fakānat wardatan kad-dihān.

And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil¹ -

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

Idhash-shamsu kuwwirat.

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

Wa idhan-nujūmunkadarat.

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-jibālu suyyirat.

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

Wa idhal-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat.

And when full-term she-camels¹ are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

Wa idhal-wuḥūshu ḥushirat.

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

Wa idhal-biḥāru sujjirat.

And when the seas are filled with flame¹

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

Wa idhan-nufūsu zuwwijat.

And when the souls are paired¹

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

Wa idhal-mawʾūdatu suʾilat.

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

Biʾayyi dhanbin qutilat.

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

Wa idhaṣ-ṣuḥufu nushirat.

And when the pages¹ are spread [i.e., made public]

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

Wa idhas-samāʾu kushiṭat.

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

Wa idhal-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat.

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

Wa idhal-jannatu uzlifat.

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

ʿAlimat nafsum mā aḥḍarat.

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١

Idhas-samāʾunfaṭarat.

When the sky breaks apart

وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢

Wa idhal-kawākibuntatharat.

And when the stars fall, scattering,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-biḥāru fujjirat.

And when the seas are erupted

وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ ٤

Wa idhal-qubūru buʿthirat.

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥

ʿAlimat nafsum mā qaddamat wa akhkharat.

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

وَيَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡجِبَالِ فَقُلۡ يَنسِفُهَا رَبِّي نَسۡفٗا ١٠٥

Wa yasʾalūnaka ʿanil-jibāli faqul yansifuhā rabbī nasfā.

And they ask you about the mountains, so say, "My Lord will blow them away with a blast.¹

فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعٗا صَفۡصَفٗا ١٠٦

Fayadharuhā qāʿan ṣafṣafā.

And He will leave it [i.e., the earth] a level plain;

لَّا تَرَىٰ فِيهَا عِوَجٗا وَلَآ أَمۡتٗا ١٠٧

Lā tarā fīhā ʿiwajaw wa lā amtā.

You will not see therein a depression or an elevation."

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ ١٣

Fa idhā nufikha fiṣ-ṣūri nafkhatuw wāḥidah.

Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ ١٤

Wa ḥumilatil-arḍu wal-jibālu fadukkatā dakkataw wāḥidah.

And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow [i.e., stroke] -

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ ١٥

Fayawmaʾidhiw waqaʿatil-wāqiʿah.

Then on that Day, the Occurrence [i.e., Resurrection] will occur,

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ ١٦

Wanshaqqatis-samāʾu fahiya yawmaʾidhiw wāhiyah.

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.¹

يَوۡمَ تَرۡجُفُ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَثِيبٗا مَّهِيلًا ١٤

Yawma tarjuful-arḍu wal-jibālu wa kānatil-jibālu kathībam mahīlā.

On the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.

يَوۡمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ ٨

Yawma takūnus-samāʾu kal-muhl.

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,¹

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٩

Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-ʿihn.

And the mountains will be like wool,¹

وَلَا يَسۡـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمٗا ١٠

Wa lā yasʾalu ḥamīmun ḥamīmā.

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمۡۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُ لَوۡ يَفۡتَدِي مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمِئِذِۭ بِبَنِيهِ ١١

Yubaṣṣarūnahum, yawaddul-mujrimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmiʾidhim bibanīh.

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَأَخِيهِ ١٢

Wa ṣāḥibatihī wa akhīh.

And his wife and his brother

وَفَصِيلَتِهِ ٱلَّتِي تُـٔۡوِيهِ ١٣

Wa faṣīlatihil-latī tuʾwīh.

And his nearest kindred who shelter him

وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗا ثُمَّ يُنجِيهِ ١٤

Wa man fil-arḍi jamīʿan thumma yunjīh.

And whoever is on earth entirely [so] then it could save him.

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ ٣٣

Fa idhā jāʾatiṣ-ṣākhkhah.

But when there comes the Deafening Blast¹

يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ ٣٤

Yawma yafirrul-marʾu min akhīh.

On the Day a man will flee from his brother

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ ٣٥

Wa ummihī wa abīh.

And his mother and his father

وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ ٣٦

Wa ṣāḥibatihī wa banīh.

And his wife and his children,

لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ ٣٧

Likullimriʾim minhum yawmaʾidhin shaʾnuy yughnīh.

For every man, that Day, will be a matter adequate for him.¹