Surah Al-Infitar is a vivid picture of the Day of Resurrection: the Prophet ﷺ said that whoever would like to look at that Day as if seeing it with his own eyes should recite At-Takwir, Al-Infitar and Al-Inshiqaq, which describe its states and terrors. It belongs to the Mufassal, by which the Prophet ﷺ was favoured over the other prophets.
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever would like to look at the Day of Resurrection as if seeing it with his own eyes should recite At-Takwir, Al-Infitar and Al-Inshiqaq; he singled them out because they describe the states and terrors of that Day, making their recitation a lesson and an admonition.
It belongs to the Mufassal, the last part of the Qur’an by which the Prophet ﷺ was favoured over the other prophets, according to the hadith of Wathilah ibn al-Asqa’: “… and I was favoured with the Mufassal.”
Arabic text, translation, reference and authenticity grade of each hadith.
من سره أن ينظر إلى يوم القيامة كأنه رأي عين فليقرأ: ﴿إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ﴾ و ﴿إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْفَطَرَتْ﴾ و ﴿إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انْشَقَّتْ﴾
Whoever would like to look at the Day of Resurrection as if seeing it with his own eyes, let him recite: “When the sun is wrapped up” (At-Takwir), “When the sky breaks apart” (Al-Infitar) and “When the sky is split open” (Al-Inshiqaq).
Main purpose: To warn man against being deluded and forgetting the Day of Resurrection.
Al-Infitar is a wholly Meccan surah, also called “Idha as-sama’u infatarat” and “al-Munfatirah” (the sky that breaks apart). It has nineteen verses. It is the 82nd surah in the order of the Qur’an and also the 82nd in the order of revelation, sent down after An-Nazi’at and before Al-Inshiqaq.
Tafsir of Surah Al-Infitar Listen to Al-Infitar by other reciters
The full Arabic text: introduction, virtues, themes, and a study of the chain and authenticity of each hadith.
