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Surah Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)

Meccan · 19 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.

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Verses

  1. إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ

    When the heaven is cleft asunder

    82:1
  2. وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ

    When the planets are dispersed

    82:2
  3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ

    When the seas are poured forth

    82:3
  4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ

    And the sepulchres are overturned

    82:4
  5. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ

    A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind

    82:5
  6. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ

    O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful

    82:6
  7. ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

    Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee

    82:7
  8. فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

    Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee

    82:8
  9. كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

    Nay, but ye deny the Judgment

    82:9
  10. وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

    Lo! there are above you guardians

    82:10
  11. كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ

    Generous and recording

    82:11
  12. يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ

    Who know (all) that ye do

    82:12
  13. إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ

    Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight

    82:13
  14. وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ

    And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell

    82:14
  15. يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ

    They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment

    82:15
  16. وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

    And will not be absent thence

    82:16
  17. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is

    82:17
  18. ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is

    82:18
  19. يَوۡمَ 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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