Surah Al-Infitar (The Cleaving)

Topics in Surah Al-Infitar

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (7 verses)
• Man (Insan) (5 verses)
• Excellence (Ihsan) (3 verses)
• Fairness (Insaf) (3 verses)
• Preservation (Hifz) (3 verses)
• Abominations (Fawahish) (3 verses)
• Writing (Kitabah) (3 verses)
• Angels (Mala'ikah) (3 verses)
• Inward Resolve (Hamm) (3 verses)
• Striving (Sa'y) (3 verses)
• Intercession (Shafa'ah) (3 verses)
• Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah) (3 verses)
• Deeds (Amal) (3 verses)
• Faith (Iman) (2 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (2 verses)

Read Surah Al-Infitar with English translation

1. 82:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

   When the sky is torn apart,

2. 82:2

   وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

   when the stars are scattered,

3. 82:3

   وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

   when the seas burst forth,

4. 82:4

   وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

   when graves turn inside out:

5. 82:5

   عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

   each soul will know what it has done and what it has left undone.

6. 82:6

   يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

   Mankind, what has lured you away from God,

7. 82:7

   ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

   your generous Lord, who created you, shaped you, proportioned you,

8. 82:8

   فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍۢ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

   in whatever form He chose?

9. 82:9

   كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

   Yet you still take the Judgement to be a lie!

10. 82:10

    وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

    Over you stand

11. 82:11

    كِرَامًۭا كَٰتِبِينَ

    watchers, noble recorders

12. 82:12

    يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

    who know what you do:

13. 82:13

    إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍۢ

    the good will live in bliss,

14. 82:14

    وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍۢ

    and the wicked will burn in the Fire.

15. 82:15

    يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

    They will enter it on the Day of Judgement

16. 82:16

    وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

    and they will find no escape.

17. 82:17

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?

18. 82:18

    ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    Yes! What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?

19. 82:19

    يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌۭ لِّنَفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ

    The Day when no soul will be able to do anything for another; on that Day, command will belong to God.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.