Al-Infitar
Translation by
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Al-Infitar
إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ ﴿1﴾
When the sky splits open,
وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ ﴿2﴾
and when the stars fall away,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾
and when the seas burst forth,
وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ﴿4﴾
and when the graves spill out,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ﴿5﴾
˹then˺ each soul will know what it has sent forth or left behind.
يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ ﴿6﴾
O humanity! What has emboldened you against your Lord, the Most Generous,
الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ﴿7﴾
Who created you, fashioned you, and perfected your design,
فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ ﴿8﴾
moulding you in whatever form He willed?
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ ﴿9﴾
But no! In fact, you deny the ˹final˺ Judgment,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ ﴿10﴾
while you are certainly observed by vigilant,
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ ﴿11﴾
honourable angels, recording ˹everything˺.
يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴿12﴾
They know whatever you do.
إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ ﴿13﴾
Indeed, the virtuous will be in bliss,
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ ﴿14﴾
and the wicked will be in Hell,
يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ ﴿15﴾
burning in it on Judgment Day,
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ ﴿16﴾
and they will have no escape from it.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ ﴿17﴾
What will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ ﴿18﴾
Again, what will make you realize what Judgment Day is?
يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلَّهِ ﴿19﴾
˹It is˺ the Day no soul will be of ˹any˺ benefit to another whatsoever, for all authority on that Day belongs to Allah ˹entirely˺.