Similar verses (mutashabihat) of Surah Al-Infitar
متشابهات سورة الإنفطار
Of the 19 verses of Surah Al-Infitar, 6 resemble other verses of the Quran, sometimes down to a single word. Each one is compared word by word with its look-alikes, with the differences highlighted, so you do not mix them up when reciting from memory.
Verse 5
1 look-alikeعَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ ٥
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Verse 13
2 look-alikesإِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ لَفِى نَعِيمٍ ١٣
Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,
Word for word elsewhere: Al-Mutaffifin 83:22
كَلَّآ إِنَّ كِتَٰبَ ٱلْأَبْرَارِ لَفِى عِلِّيِّينَ ١٨
No! Indeed, the record of the righteous is in ʿilliyyūn.
إِنَّ ٱلْأَبْرَارَ يَشْرَبُونَ مِن كَأْسٍ كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا كَافُورًا ٥
Indeed, the righteous will drink from a cup [of wine] whose mixture is of Kāfūr,
Verse 15
2 look-alikesيَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ١٥
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
هَٰذَا نُزُلُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٥٦
That is their accommodation on the Day of Recompense.
وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَطْمَعُ أَن يَغْفِرَ لِى خَطِيٓـَٔتِى يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ ٨٢
And who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense."
Verse 17
14 look-alikesوَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٧
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ١٤
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ ٣
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٣
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحُطَمَةُ ٥
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا عِلِّيُّونَ ١٩
And what can make you know what is ʿilliyyūn?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ ٢
And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?
يَسْـَٔلُونَ أَيَّانَ يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٢
They ask, "When is the Day of Recompense?"
وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ٢٠
They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."
Verse 18
1 look-alikeثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ١٤
And what can make you know what is the Day of Judgement?
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