Al-Infitar · The Cleaving

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ ﴿١﴾

When the sky breaks apart

idhā l-samāu infaṭarat

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

And when the stars fall, scattering,

wa-idhā l-kawākibu intatharat

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

And when the seas are erupted

wa-idhā l-biḥāru fujjirat

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ﴿٤﴾

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

wa-idhā l-qubūru buʿ'thirat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-akharat

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ ﴿٦﴾

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

yāayyuhā l-insānu mā gharraka birabbika l-karīmi

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ﴿٧﴾

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalaka

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍۢ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ﴿٨﴾

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāa rakkabaka

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ﴿٩﴾

No! But you deny the Recompense.

kallā bal tukadhibūna bil-dīni

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَـٰفِظِينَ ﴿١٠﴾

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,

wa-inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīna

كِرَامًۭا كَـٰتِبِينَ ﴿١١﴾

Noble and recording;

kirāman kātibīna

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴿١٢﴾

They know whatever you do.

yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūna

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍۢ ﴿١٣﴾

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍۢ ﴿١٤﴾

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

wa-inna l-fujāra lafī jaḥīmin

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٥﴾

They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

yaṣlawnahā yawma l-dīni

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ﴿١٦﴾

And never therefrom will they be absent.

wamā hum ʿanhā bighāibīna

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٧﴾

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿١٨﴾

Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

thumma mā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌۭ لِّنَفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلَّهِ ﴿١٩﴾

It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allāh.

yawma lā tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan wal-amru yawma-idhin lillahi