Surah Al-Infitaar

إِذَاٱلسَّمَآءُٱنفَطَرَتْ

WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,

وَإِذَاٱلْكَوَاكِبُٱنتَثَرَتْ

and when the stars are scattered,

وَإِذَاٱلْبِحَارُفُجِّرَتْ

and when the seas burst beyond their bounds,

وَإِذَاٱلْقُبُورُبُعْثِرَتْ

and when the graves are overturned –

عَلِمَتْنَفْسٌۭمَّاقَدَّمَتْوَأَخَّرَتْ

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

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلْإِنسَٰنُمَاغَرَّكَبِرَبِّكَٱلْكَرِيمِ

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

ٱلَّذِىخَلَقَكَفَسَوَّىٰكَفَعَدَلَكَ

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

فِىٓأَىِّصُورَةٍۢمَّاشَآءَرَكَّبَكَ

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

كَلَّابَلْتُكَذِّبُونَبِٱلدِّينِ

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

وَإِنَّعَلَيْكُمْلَحَٰفِظِينَ

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

كِرَامًۭاكَٰتِبِينَ

noble, recording,

يَعْلَمُونَمَاتَفْعَلُونَ

aware of whatever you do!

إِنَّٱلْأَبْرَارَلَفِىنَعِيمٍۢ

Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous: will indeed be in bliss,

وَإِنَّٱلْفُجَّارَلَفِىجَحِيمٍۢ

whereas, behold, the wicked will indeed be in a blazing fire –

يَصْلَوْنَهَايَوْمَٱلدِّينِ

[a fire] which they shall enter on Judgment Day,

وَمَاهُمْعَنْهَابِغَآئِبِينَ

and which they shall not [be able to] evade.

وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَايَوْمُٱلدِّينِ

And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?

ثُمَّمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَايَوْمُٱلدِّينِ

And once again: What could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?

يَوْمَلَاتَمْلِكُنَفْسٌۭلِّنَفْسٍۢشَيْـًۭٔاوَٱلْأَمْرُيَوْمَئِذٍۢلِّلَّهِ

[It will be] a Day when no human being shall be of the least avail to another human being: for on that Day [it will become manifest that] all sovereignty is God's alone.