Surah Al-Infitar
Surah Al-Infitar (The Cleaving) is Surah 82 of the Holy Quran, a Meccan Surah with 19 verses, available here in English.
Verse 82:1
اِذَا السَّمَآءُ انْفَطَرَتْ ۟ۙ
ʹIẓas Samaaaʹuñ faṭarat;
When the sky splits open,
Verse 82:2
وَاِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ ۟ۙ
Wa-ʹiẓal kawaakibuñ tas̤arat;
and when the stars fall away,
Verse 82:3
وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ۟ۙ
Wa-ʹiẓal biḥaaru fujjirat;
and when the seas burst forth,
Verse 82:4
وَاِذَا الْقُبُوْرُ بُعْثِرَتْ ۟ۙ
Wa-ʹiẓal q̣ubooru buʻs̤irat;
and when the graves spill out,
Verse 82:5
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَاَخَّرَتْ ۟ؕ
ʻAlimat nafsum maa q̣addamat wa-ʹakhkharat.
˹then˺ each soul will know what it has sent forth or left behind.
Verse 82:6
یٰۤاَیُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِیْمِ ۟ۙ
Yaaaʹayyuhal ʹiñsaanu maa- g̣arraka bi-Rabbikal Kareem?―
O humanity! What has emboldened you against your Lord, the Most Generous,
Verse 82:7
الَّذِیْ خَلَقَكَ فَسَوّٰىكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ۟ۙ
ʹAllaẓee khalaq̣aka fasawwaaka faʻadalak;
Who created you, fashioned you, and perfected your design,
Verse 82:8
فِیْۤ اَیِّ صُوْرَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ۟ؕ
Feee ʹayyi Ṣooratim maa shaaaʹa rakkabak.
moulding you in whatever form He willed?
Verse 82:9
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ بِالدِّیْنِ ۟ۙ
Kallaa bal tukaẓẓiboona bid-Deen!
But no! In fact, you deny the ˹final˺ Judgment,
Verse 82:10
وَاِنَّ عَلَیْكُمْ لَحٰفِظِیْنَ ۟ۙ
Wa-ʹinna ʻalaykum laḥaafiz̤̣een,―
while you are certainly observed by vigilant,
Verse 82:11
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِیْنَ ۟ۙ
Kiraamañ Kaatibeen:
honourable angels, recording ˹everything˺.
Verse 82:12
یَعْلَمُوْنَ مَا تَفْعَلُوْنَ ۟
Yaʻlamoona maa- tafʻaloon.
They know whatever you do.
Verse 82:13
اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَفِیْ نَعِیْمٍ ۟ۙ
ʹInnal ʹabraara lafee Naʻeem;
Indeed, the virtuous will be in bliss,
Verse 82:14
وَاِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِیْ جَحِیْمٍ ۟ۚۖ
Wa-ʹinnal fujjaara lafee Jaḥeem.
and the wicked will be in Hell,
Verse 82:15
یَّصْلَوْنَهَا یَوْمَ الدِّیْنِ ۟
Yaṣlawnahaa Yawmad Deen.
burning in it on Judgment Day,
Verse 82:16
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآىِٕبِیْنَ ۟ؕ
Wa-maa hum ʻanhaa big̣aaaʹibeen.
and they will have no escape from it.
Verse 82:17
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا یَوْمُ الدِّیْنِ ۟ۙ
Wa-maaa ʹadraaka maa- Yawmud Deen?
What will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
Verse 82:18
ثُمَّ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا یَوْمُ الدِّیْنِ ۟ؕ
S̤umma maaa ʹadraaka maa- Yawmud Deen?
Again, what will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
Verse 82:19
یَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَیْـًٔا ؕ وَالْاَمْرُ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلّٰهِ ۟۠
Yawma laa- tamliku nafsul linafsiñ shayʹaa: walʹAmru Yawmaʹiẓil lillaah.
˹It is˺ the Day no soul will be of ˹any˺ benefit to another whatsoever, for all authority on that Day belongs to Allah ˹entirely˺.