Al Infitar

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao infatarat

Shakir

1 When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,

Yusuf Ali

1 When the Sky is cleft asunder;

Transliteration

2 Waitha alkawakibu intatharat

Shakir

2 And when the stars become dispersed,

Yusuf Ali

2 When the Stars are scattered;

Transliteration

3 Waitha albiharu fujjirat

Shakir

3 And when the seas are made to flow forth,

Yusuf Ali

3 When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth;

Transliteration

4 Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat

Shakir

4 And when the graves are laid open,

Yusuf Ali

4 And when the Graves are turned upside down; -

Transliteration

5 AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat

Shakir

5 Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.

Yusuf Ali

5 (Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi

Shakir

6 O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one,

Yusuf Ali

6 O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? -

Transliteration

7 Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka

Shakir

7 Who created you, then made you complete, then made you symmetrical?

Yusuf Ali

7 Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias;

Transliteration

8 Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka

Shakir

8 Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.

Yusuf Ali

8 In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.

Transliteration

9 Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni

Shakir

9 Nay! but you give the lie to the judgment day,

Yusuf Ali

9 Nay! But ye do reject Right and Judgment!

Transliteration

10 Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena

Shakir

10 And most surely there are keepers over you

Yusuf Ali

10 But verily over you (are appointed angels) to protect you, -

Transliteration

11 Kiraman katibeena

Shakir

11 Honorable recorders,

Yusuf Ali

11 Kind and honourable, - Writing down (your deeds):

Transliteration

12 YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona

Shakir

12 They know what you do.

Yusuf Ali

12 They know (and understand) all that ye do.

Transliteration

13 Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

Shakir

13 Most surely the righteous are in bliss,

Yusuf Ali

13 As for the Righteous, they will be in bliss;

Transliteration

14 Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin

Shakir

14 And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,

Yusuf Ali

14 And the Wicked - they will be in the Fire,

Transliteration

15 Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni

Shakir

15 They shall enter it on the day of judgment.

Yusuf Ali

15 Which they will enter on the Day of Judgment,

Transliteration

16 Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena

Shakir

16 And they shall by no means be absent from it.

Yusuf Ali

16 And they will not be able to keep away therefrom.

Transliteration

17 Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni

Shakir

17 And what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?

Yusuf Ali

17 And what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

Transliteration

18 Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni

Shakir

18 Again, what will make you realize what the day of judgment is?

Yusuf Ali

18 Again, what will explain to thee what the Day of Judgment is?

Transliteration

19 Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan waalamru yawmaithin lillahi

Shakir

19 The day on which no soul shall control anything for (another) soul; and the command on that day shall be entirely Allah's.

Yusuf Ali

19 (It will be) the Day when no soul shall have power (to do) aught for another: For the command, that Day, will be (wholly) with Allah.