Al-Saʿdī (concise): When the sky is split and torn open—an opening scene of the terrifying upheaval of the Last Day.

To split open / cleave apart.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): The stars will scatter and fall, and their beauty will vanish—another sign of the world’s collapse on that Day.

To scatter / disperse / fall away.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): The seas will burst forth and become one sea—boundaries collapse as the world is overturned.

To burst forth / be released (flooding and merging).

Al-Saʿdī (concise): Graves will be overturned, bringing out their dead—humankind is gathered for standing before Allah.

To be overturned / emptied out (its contents brought forth).

Al-Saʿdī (concise): When people are gathered for judgment, the veil is lifted and every soul will clearly know its deeds—its profits and losses; wrongdoers will regret, and the righteous will attain great success.

What one sent ahead (deeds before death).

What one left behind (neglected duties or lingering effects).

Al-Saʿdī (concise): Allah reproaches the negligent human: what has made you bold against your Lord’s displeasure—was it carelessness about His rights, belittling His punishment, or lack of faith in His recompense?

What deceived you / made you deluded and careless?

The Most Generous—abundant in grace and forbearance.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): He is the One who created you and fashioned you in the best form, proportioned and balanced—so how can you deny the favor of the One who bestowed it?

Made you well-proportioned and balanced in form.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): This heedlessness comes from ignorance and wrongdoing—so thank Allah that He formed you in a noble human shape, for He assembled you in whatever form He willed.

A form / shape.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): The real cause is denial of the Day of Recompense—so the heart becomes bold and negligent.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): Over you are guardians—recording angels appointed by Allah, so deeds are preserved for recompense.

Guardians / recorders (appointed to preserve your deeds).

Al-Saʿdī (concise): They are noble scribes—honored servants who record faithfully.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): They know what you do—so nothing is lost, and every deed is accounted for.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): The righteous—those devoted to Allah’s rights and to His servants—will be in bliss.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): The wicked—those who fell short in Allah’s rights and people’s rights—will be in a painful blaze.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): They will enter it and be punished with the severest punishment on the Day of Recompense.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): They will not be absent from it—rather, they will cling to it and never depart.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): This is magnifying the severity of that Day—so tremendous that minds are overwhelmed by it.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): The repetition further intensifies the awe and dread of that tremendous Day.

Al-Saʿdī (concise): On that Day, no soul can help another—even a close loved one—because each is preoccupied with itself. All command belongs to Allah: He will judge between His servants and restore the right of the oppressed from the oppressor.

All authority and decision belong solely to Allah.

Summary of the Meanings:

The sky splits, stars scatter, seas burst, graves are emptied—then every soul knows what it sent ahead and left behind.

What deceives the human about the Generous Lord who created and proportioned him? The root is denial of the Recompense.

Guarding angels record deeds faithfully—Allah’s judgment will be based on a preserved record.

The righteous are in bliss; the wicked are in a blazing Fire, never absent from it.

Its terror is magnified repeatedly: no soul can help another, and all command belongs to Allah alone.