Al Infitar

Transliteration

1 Itha alssamao infatarat

Shakir

1 When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the heaven is cleft asunder,

Transliteration

2 Waitha alkawakibu intatharat

Shakir

2 And when the stars become dispersed,

Pickthall

2 When the planets are dispersed,

Transliteration

3 Waitha albiharu fujjirat

Shakir

3 And when the seas are made to flow forth,

Pickthall

3 When the seas are poured forth,

Transliteration

4 Waitha alqubooru buAAthirat

Shakir

4 And when the graves are laid open,

Pickthall

4 And the sepulchres are overturned,

Transliteration

5 AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

6 Ya ayyuha alinsanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

7 Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka

Shakir

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

Pickthall

7 Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee ?

Transliteration

8 Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka

Shakir

8 Into whatever form He pleased He constituted you.

Pickthall

8 Into whatsoever form He will, He casteth thee.

Transliteration

9 Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni

Shakir

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

Pickthall

9 Nay, but ye deny the Judgment.

Transliteration

10 Wainna AAalaykum lahafitheena

Shakir

10 And most surely there are keepers over you

Pickthall

10 Lo! there are above you guardians,

Transliteration

11 Kiraman katibeena

Shakir

11 Honorable recorders,

Pickthall

11 Generous and recording,

Transliteration

12 YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona

Shakir

12 They know what you do.

Pickthall

12 Who know (all) that ye do.

Transliteration

13 Inna alabrara lafee naAAeemin

Shakir

13 Most surely the righteous are in bliss,

Pickthall

13 Lo! the righteous verily will be in delight.

Transliteration

14 Wainna alfujjara lafee jaheemin

Shakir

14 And most surely the wicked are in burning fire,

Pickthall

14 And lo! the wicked verily will be in hell;

Transliteration

15 Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni

Shakir

15 They shall enter it on the day of judgment.

Pickthall

15 They will burn therein on the Day of Judgment,

Transliteration

16 Wama hum AAanha bighaibeena

Shakir

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

Pickthall

16 And will not be absent thence.

Transliteration

17 Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni

Shakir

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

Pickthall

17 Ah, what will convey unto 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?

Pickthall

18 Again, what will convey unto 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.

Pickthall

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