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Surah Al-Infitar depicts the cosmic dissolution of the heavens and earth, asserting that the cleaving of the sky signals the inevitable Day of Judgment when all creation stands before the Divine.
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King James Version (1611)
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When the sky breaks apart 2And when the stars fall, scattering 3And when the seas are erupted 4And when the [contents of] graves are scattered 5A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back 6O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous 7Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you 8In whatever form He willed has He assembled you 9No! But you deny the Recompense 10And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepersThe WatcherAngels and Messengers 11Noble and recording 12They know whatever you do 13Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure 14And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire 15They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense 16And never therefrom will they be absent 17And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense 18Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense 19It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah
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1إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ 2وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ 3وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ 4وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ 5عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ 6يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ 7ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ 8فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ 9كَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ 10وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ 11كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ 12يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ 13إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ 14وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ 15يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ 16وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ 17وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ 18ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ 19يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ
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