Surah AL-Infitar - English Translation by Dr Munir Munshey
إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ
                  When the sky is split asunder                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 1
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ
                  And the stars are strewn around                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ
                  And the oceans spill forth                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 3
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ
                  And the graves are overturned (and emptied)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 4
                
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ
                  (That is the day when) every soul would learn everything it did, that which it sent ahead, and that which it left behind                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 5
                
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ
                  (Oh people)! What has lured you away from your Lord, the most Eminent, the Generous                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 6
                
ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ
                  The One Who created you, fashioned you, and gave you (the right) proportions                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 7
                
فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ
                  In whatever form He willed, He brought you into being                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 8
                
كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ
                  No! Rather, you deny the (day of) reward and punishment                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 9
                
وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ
                  Indeed, to watch over you (and record) are                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 10
                
كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ
                  The noble scribes, (the angels)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 11
                
يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ
                  They know everything you do                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 12
                
إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ
                  Of course, the pious would be in bliss                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 13
                
وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ
                  And the wicked would surely be in hellfire                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 14
                
يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ
                  They shall join it on the Day of Judgment                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 15
                
وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ
                  And (thereafter) they shall never (be allowed to) remain absent from it                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 16
                
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
                  What can make you grasp the reality of the Day of Judgment                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 17
                
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ
                  (Think) again! What can make you grasp the reality of the Day of Judgment                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 18
                
يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ
                  That day, no soul shall have any power to do anything at all for anyone else. That day, the command will belong to Allah (exclusively)                  
                  Surah AL-Infitar, Verse 19