82:1
اِذَا السَّمَآءُ انْفَطَرَتْ
When the sky breaks apart
Surah 82 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah Al-Infitar
The Cleaving
الإنفطار19 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah Al-Infitar
Al-Infitar means the cleaving or splitting apart, and it comes from the opening line about the sky breaking open. This short Makkan surah shares its shape with the two around it: a run of when clauses followed by a single conclusion. Here there are four, the sky splitting, the stars scattering, the seas bursting their bounds and the graves turned out, and the conclusion at 82:5 is that a soul will know what it sent ahead and what it held back.
The heart of the surah is the question at 82:6, addressed to every human being: what has deceived you about your Lord, the Generous. The answer is left open, but the reminder that follows is pointed. He is the one who created you, proportioned you and balanced you, and shaped you into whatever form He willed (82:7, 82:8). Against that stands a flat denial of the Recompense. Then the record-keepers appear at 82:10 to 82:12, described as honourable and writing, and knowing what you do. The last lines separate the righteous, who are in pleasure, from the wicked, who burn on the Day of Recompense and are never absent from it. The surah closes by asking twice what that Day is, and answering that no soul will hold anything for another soul, because the command belongs entirely to God.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
82:2
وَاِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, scattering,
82:3
وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are erupted
82:4
وَاِذَا الْقُبُوْرُ بُعْثِرَتْ
And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],
82:5
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَاَخَّرَتْ ۟ؕ
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
82:6
یٰۤاَیُّهَا الْاِنْسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِیْمِ
O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,
82:7
الَّذِیْ خَلَقَكَ فَسَوّٰىكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?
82:8
فِیْۤ اَیِّ صُوْرَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ۟ؕ
In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.
82:9
كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُوْنَ بِالدِّیْنِ
No! But you deny the Recompense.
82:10
وَاِنَّ عَلَیْكُمْ لَحٰفِظِیْنَ
And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,
82:11
كِرَامًا كَاتِبِیْنَ
Noble and recording;
82:12
یَعْلَمُوْنَ مَا تَفْعَلُوْنَ
They know whatever you do.
82:13
اِنَّ الْاَبْرَارَ لَفِیْ نَعِیْمٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
82:14
وَاِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِیْ جَحِیْمٍ
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
82:15
یَّصْلَوْنَهَا یَوْمَ الدِّیْنِ
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
82:16
وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآىِٕبِیْنَ ۟ؕ
And never therefrom will they be absent.
82:17
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا یَوْمُ الدِّیْنِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
82:18
ثُمَّ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا یَوْمُ الدِّیْنِ ۟ؕ
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
82:19
یَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَیْـًٔا ؕ وَالْاَمْرُ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ لِّلّٰهِ
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.
Surah Al-Infitar in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 19 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.