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الإنفطار

82. Al-Infitaar

The Cleaving · Meccan · 19 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

82:1

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ ﴿١﴾

Idhā as-samāʾu infaṭarat

When the heaven is cleft asunder,

82:2

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

Waʾidhā al-kawākibu intatharat

When the planets are dispersed,

82:3

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

Waʾidhā al-biḥāru fujjirat

When the seas are poured forth,

82:4

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ﴿٤﴾

Waʾidhā al-qubūru buʿthirat

And the sepulchres are overturned,

82:5

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat waʾakhkharat

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

82:6

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ ﴿٦﴾

Yā ayyuhā al-insānu mā gharraka birabbika al-karīm

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

82:7

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ﴿٧﴾

Alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalak

Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?

82:8

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ﴿٨﴾

Fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāʾa rakkabak

Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.

82:9

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿٩﴾

Kallā bal tukadhdhibūna bid-dīn

Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.

82:10

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

Waʾinna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīn

Lo! there are above you guardians,

82:11

كِرَامًا كَـٰتِبِينَ ﴿١١﴾

Kirāman kātibīn

Generous and recording,

82:12

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

Yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūn

Who know (all) that ye do.

82:13

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Inna al-abrāra lafī naʿīm

Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.

82:14

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ ﴿١٤﴾

Waʾinna al-fujjāra lafī jaḥīm

And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;

82:15

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٥﴾

Yaṣlawnahā yawma ad-dīn

They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,

82:16

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

Wamā hum ʿanhā bighāʾibīn

And will not be absent thence.

82:17

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٧﴾

Wamā adrāka mā yawmu ad-dīn

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

82:18

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٨﴾

Thumma mā adrāka mā yawmu ad-dīn

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

82:19

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ ﴿١٩﴾

Yawma lā tamliku nafsun linafsin shayʾan wal-amru yawmaʾidhin lillāh

A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.