Al-Infitaar

When the sky is torn apart,

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ

idhā l-samāu infaṭarat

when the stars are scattered,

وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انْتَثَرَتْ

wa-idhā l-kawākibu intatharat

when the seas burst forth,

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

wa-idhā l-biḥāru fujjirat

when graves turn inside out:

وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

wa-idhā l-qubūru buʿ'thirat

each soul will know what it has done and what it has left undone.

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-akharat

Mankind, what has lured you away from God,

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ

yāayyuhā l-insānu mā gharraka birabbika l-karīmi

your generous Lord, who created you, shaped you, proportioned you,

الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

alladhī khalaqaka fasawwāka faʿadalaka

in whatever form He chose?

فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ

fī ayyi ṣūratin mā shāa rakkabaka

Yet you still take the Judgement to be a lie!

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ

kallā bal tukadhibūna bil-dīni

Over you stand

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ

wa-inna ʿalaykum laḥāfiẓīna

watchers, noble recorders

كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ

kirāman kātibīna

who know what you do:

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

yaʿlamūna mā tafʿalūna

the good will live in bliss,

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

inna l-abrāra lafī naʿīmin

and the wicked will burn in the Fire.

وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ

wa-inna l-fujāra lafī jaḥīmin

They will enter it on the Day of Judgement

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

yaṣlawnahā yawma l-dīni

and they will find no escape.

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ

wamā hum ʿanhā bighāibīna

What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ

wamā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

Yes! What will explain to you what the Day of Judgement is?

ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ

thumma mā adrāka mā yawmu l-dīni

The Day when no soul will be able to do anything for another; on that Day, command will belong to God.

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلَّهِ

yawma lā tamliku nafsun linafsin shayan wal-amru yawma-idhin lillahi