Surah Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)
Meccan · 19 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ
When the heaven is cleft asunder
82:1وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ
When the planets are dispersed
82:2وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ
When the seas are poured forth
82:3وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ
And the sepulchres are overturned
82:4عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ
A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind
82:5يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful
82:6ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee
82:7فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee
82:8كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
Nay, but ye deny the Judgment
82:9وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
Lo! there are above you guardians
82:10كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ
Generous and recording
82:11يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
Who know (all) that ye do
82:12إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ
Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight
82:13وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ
And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell
82:14يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment
82:15وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
And will not be absent thence
82:16وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is
82:17ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is
82:18يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ
A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's
82:19
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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