Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ الانفِطَارِ

English name

Al-Infitaar

Translation

The Cleaving

Number

82

Ayahs

19

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

۞ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ 

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

2

وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ 

and when the stars are scattered,

3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ 

and when the seas burst beyond their bounds,

4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ 

and when the graves are overturned –

5

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ 

every human being will [at last] comprehend, what he has sent ahead and what he has held back [in this world].

6

یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِیمِ 

O MAN! What is it that lures thee away from thy bountiful Sustainer,

7

ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ 

who has created thee, and formed thee in accordance with what thou art meant' to be, and shaped thy nature in just proportions,

8

فِیۤ أَیِّ صُورَةࣲ مَّا شَاۤءَ رَكَّبَكَ 

having put thee together in whatever form He willed [thee to have]?

9

كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّینِ 

Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God’s] Judgment!

10

وَإِنَّ عَلَیۡكُمۡ لَحَـٰفِظِینَ 

And yet, verily, there are ever-watchful forces over you,