Surah AL-Infitar - English Translation by Ali Unal
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ
                  When the heaven is cleft open                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 1
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ
                  And when the stars fall in disorder and are scattered                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ
                  And when the seas burst forth (spilling over their bounds to intermingle)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 3
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ
                  And when the graves are overturned (and pour out their contents)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 4
                
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ
                  Everyone will come to understand all (the good and evil) that he has forwarded (to his afterlife while in the world), and all (the good and evil) that he has left behind (undone)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 5
                
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
                  O human! What is it that deludes you concerning your Lord, the All-Munificent                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 6
                
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
                  He Who has created you, fashioned you, and proportioned you (in measures perfect for the purpose of your creation)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 7
                
فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
                  Having constituted you in whatever form He has willed                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 8
                
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
                  No indeed! But (being deluded) they deny the Last Judgment (in the other world)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 9
                
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
                  Yet there are angel-guardians (watching) over you –                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 10
                
كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ
                  Noble and honorable, recording                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 11
                
يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
                  Who know what you do                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 12
                
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ
                  The virtuous and godly ones will indeed be in (the Gardens of) perpetual bliss                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 13
                
وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ
                  While the (disbelieving) shameless, dissolute ones will indeed be in the Blazing Flame                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 14
                
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
                  They will enter it to roast (therein) on the Day of Judgment                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 15
                
وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
                  They will never be absent from it                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 16
                
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
                  What enables you to perceive what the Day of Judgment is                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 17
                
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
                  Again: What is it that enables you to perceive what the Day of Judgment is                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 18
                
يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ
                  The Day on which no soul has power to do anything in favor of another. The command on that day will be God’s (entirely and exclusively)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 19