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82. Al-Infitaar · The Cleaving

The splitting sky and disrupted world introduce the unveiling of human deeds. An appeal to remember the generous creator challenges self-deception, while recording guardians and the day of judgment emphasize that no person controls another's final destiny.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

Meccan (traditional classification) · 19 verses

Editorial themes: Creation · Self-deception · Accountability · Judgment

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

When the heaven is cleft asunder,

وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

When the planets are dispersed,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

When the seas are poured forth,

وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

And the sepulchres are overturned,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلْكَرِيمِ

O man! What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful,

ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee?

فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَٰفِظِينَ

Lo! there are above you guardians,

كِرَامًا كَٰتِبِينَ

Generous and recording,

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

Who know (all) that ye do.

إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ

Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.

وَإِنَّ ٱلْفُجَّارَ لَفِى جَحِيمٍ

And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

And will not be absent thence.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

Again, what will convey unto thee what the Day of Judgment is!

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ

A day on which no soul hath power at all for any (other) soul. The (absolute) command on that day is Allah's.

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