In the Name of Almighty Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
19 آية
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Surah Al-Infitar is the 82nd chapter of the Quran, containing 19 verses. Revealed in Makkah, it takes its name from its opening verse describing the sky splitting open. It describes further cosmic signs of Judgement Day, the stars scattering, the seas bursting forth and the graves overturned, before reminding man of the Generous Lord who created and fashioned him in due proportion, and of the noble recording angels who note down every deed. The surah closes describing the reward of the righteous in bliss and the punishment of the wicked in Hell, on a Day when no soul will have power to help another. Below you can read the full Surah Al-Infitar in Arabic with a clear English translation and a verse-by-verse tafsir (explanation of the meaning) from Aysar al-Tafaseer, with the option to jump to any specific verse.
5. When all this happens, it is then Judgement Day, the hour of resurrection and account. Then each soul shall know what deeds it advanced and did not neglect doing and what deeds it delayed and was too indolent to carry out.
6. Allah Almighty warns man against disbelief in and disobedience of his Lord. For He gave man a mind and the ability to discern, bestowed upon him sight and hearing, and showed him arguments and proof of His Existence and Oneness. Allah Almighty tells man: “What made you haughty and daring and led you to disobey your great generous Lord? You met His kindness to you in a way which was not suitable for His grace and favours upon you.” Allah Almighty describes Himself as generous to draw man’s attention to the fact that he should not meet kindness with evil deeds.
8. He is able to put man together in whatever form He wills and He made him in the best of shapes. Therefore it is befitting that he should be grateful for Allah’s favours to him, and that he use his mind and senses in doing good and in doing what Allah has commanded him to.
9. However you do not act properly according to what His blessings demand of you: instead of being grateful for Allah’s favours, You meet His charity and grace with disbelief. You even dare to do what is far greater than that by denying the Day of Judgement, the day of resurrection and assembly, and by denying the resuscitation from your graves for judgement and reward.
13. Allah Almighty speaks of the state of all creatures on the Day of Judgement. He says that the charitable who obeyed Allah and followed His pleasure will be eternally in gardens of bliss.
14. And the wicked unbelievers who disobeyed Allah, became too involved in the pleasures and ornaments of earthly life and forgot their Lord and His commands to them, will be in Hellfire.
16. They will not be spared torture, not even for an hour, nor will their torture be reduced. They will not be granted their request of death or mercy or rest, even if it were only for a little while.
17. Allah Almighty refers to the greatness of Judgement Day and its terror. He says: “People are strange. They are inattentive and heedless. It would be better for them to learn and gain awareness so they are admonished before it is too late. For, they certainly cannot conceive the terrors of Doomsday.”
18. Once again, Allah points out to people the terrors of Doomsday which make children grow hoary-headed as mentioned in chapter Al-Muzzammil (Folded in Garments), 17.
19. Allah Almighty then describes Judgement Day as a day when no soul is able to serve another. Each person will be preoccupied with his own state. Allah Alone will be in command on that day; He will manage and dispose, and all will return to Him.
Tafsir by Dr. Assaad Homad (1917–2011), Syrian scholar and jurist, author of Aysar al-Tafaseer, an accessible interpretation of the Quran reviewed by Sheikh Muhammad Mutwally Al-Shaarawi and certified by the Ministries of Awqaf in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. English translation by the Homad family. Read more about the author and this tafsir →
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