إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the sky breaks apart.
Al-Infitar
The Cleaving
Translation
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ
Itha alssamao infatarat
When the sky breaks apart.
وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ
Waitha alkawakibu intatharat
and when the stars fall, scattered,
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ
Waitha albiharu fujjirat
and when the seas burst forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ
Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat
and when the graves are overturned,
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ
AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat
then each soul will come to know what it has done or what it has left undone.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi
O mankind, what has lured you away from your Lord, the Most Generous,
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka
Who created you, then shaped and proportioned you,
فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka
and assembled you in whatever form He willed?
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni
No indeed; but you deny the Judgment Day,
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena
while there are watchers[1] over you,
كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ
Kiraman katibeena
honorable scribes,
يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona
who know whatever you do.
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ
Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin
Indeed, the righteous will be in Bliss,
وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ
Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin
and the wicked will be in Blazing Fire,
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni
which they will enter on Judgment Day,
وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena
and will never come out of it.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
How do you know what Judgment Day is?
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni
Again, how do you know what Judgment Day is?
يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ
Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi
It is the Day when no soul will be of any help to another, and all command on that Day will be with Allah.