Al-Infitar — English Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ ﴿1﴾

When the Sky is cleft asunder;

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ ﴿2﴾

When the Stars are scattered;

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾

When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ﴿4﴾

And when the Graves are turned upside down;-

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ﴿5﴾

(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ ﴿6﴾

O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent?-

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ﴿7﴾

Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍۢ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ﴿8﴾

In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿9﴾

Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ﴿10﴾

But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you,-

كِرَامًۭا كَٰتِبِينَ ﴿11﴾

Kind and honourable,- Writing down (your deeds):

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴿12﴾

They know (and understand) all that ye do.

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿13﴾

As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍۢ ﴿14﴾

And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿15﴾

Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ﴿16﴾

And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿17﴾

And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿18﴾

Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌۭ لِّنَفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ ﴿19﴾

(It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.