The Noble Quran, Tafsir of Surah al-Infitar [Part 2]

82:9 No! Yet you deny the Recompense. 

82:10 Indeed, there are over you watchers 

82:11 noble, writers 

82:12 who know what you do.

The ayah refers to man’s conceit and vanity as he disbelieves in the Day of Judgment. 

O people, no! There is no valid reason for being deceived by Allah’s bounties on you that you disobey His commands. Your disbelief in the Day of Judgment and Recompense makes you disbelieve in Allah’s Oneness and follow the path of misguidance. You must not be deceived by Allah’s bounty on you; rather, you must worship Him alone and thank Him for His blessings. 

O people, there are watchers over you. They are noble angels who write and know all your deeds. 

The intended meaning is to confirm that the Day of Judgment will take place, that all people’s deeds are written by noble angels, who know all their deeds, and that they will be recompensed for their deeds on the Day of Judgment. 

It should be noted that it is obligatory to believe in the fact that the noble angels write people’s deeds. However, how this process takes place, where the deeds are written, and when the writing takes place are matters that must be believed in just as they have been mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah of Messenger Muhammad without attempting to find out information that is not mentioned in authentic sources. 

82:13 Surely, the righteous will be in bliss, 

82:14 and the wicked will be in Hellfire

82:15 burning therein on the Day of Recompense, 

82:16 and they will never be absent from it.

This part mentions the results of writing the deeds of people. On the Day of Judgment, the righteous who obey Allah’s commands and avoid His prohibitions will be in bliss in Paradise, enjoying the everlasting reward therein. On the other hand, the wicked will be in Hellfire, burning therein and suffering from its everlasting torment. They will never be absent from Hellfire; rather they will remain therein forever. 

82:17 And what shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is?

82:18 Again, what shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is?

82:19 The day when no soul shall possess anything for another soul and the command on that day shall belong to Allah. 

‘And what shall make you realize…’ The interrogation is to magnify the Day of Judgment and indicate that it is a great day. 

What shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is? Again, what shall make you realize what the Day of Recompense is? Allah alone knows the great horrors of that day. He has informed people through His Messengers of some of the terrors that will take place then. 

On the Day of Judgment, no soul shall possess anything for another soul. It cannot benefit another soul. The only beneficial thing on that day is righteous deeds. Command and decision will be only for Allah on the Day of Judgment. No creature can have any authority then. 

Learned Lessons from Surah al-Infitar

• Surah al-Infitar mentions some events that will take place before the occurrence of the Day of Judgment. After blowing in the Trumpet, all that in the universe will die, and then after the second blowing all creatures will be gathered for the reckoning.

• Warning of evil practices that one leaves after death. Their evil consequences will be written against their doer even after his death.

• Warning of deceit and following the path of Satan and his followers.

• Warning of disbelief in the Day of Judgment, which is of the greatest evils and corruption on earth and the greatest reasons for deserving punishment on the Day of Judgment.

• Confirming that all deeds of people will be written and they will be recompensed for them in the Hereafter.

• Noble angels write all deeds of human beings.

• On the Day of Judgment, people will be divided into two groups; a group that will be in Paradise, enjoying its pleasures, and the other will be in Hellfire, suffering its painful torment.

• The Day of Judgment is great and its horrors are frightening. 

• On the Day of Judgment, only belief in Allah’s Oneness and righteous deeds are beneficial. Command and decision will be only for Allah then. 

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Contains 19 Ayah, Revealed in Mecca

Bism-Allah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

In the Name of Allah, the Giver of Mercy, the Most Merciful

82:1 When the sky splits, 

82:2 When the stars scatter, 

82:3 When the seas are burst, 

82:4 When the graves are overturned, 

82:5 Each soul will then know what it has forwarded and withheld. 

These ayat describe the horrible events that will take place when the Day of Judgment occurs. The sky will split and crack, the stars will scatter, fall, and disperse, the seas will be burst and all barriers between them will disappear, so they will become one sea, and the graves will be overturned so the dead will come out from them when the Day of Judgment takes place. 

When the aforementioned things happen, each soul will know the good and evil deeds that it has forwarded and withheld. It will know the righteous deeds that it has done, which will benefit it. It will also know the wicked deeds that it has done, i.e. evil deeds that people imitate after the doer’s death, obligatory deeds that it has failed to perform, and commands of Allah that it failed to comply with.

The aforementioned things are some of the signs that will take place before the occurrence of the Day of Judgment. Two of which are related to the universe and two are things that will happen on earth. The intended meaning is that the world will be destroyed and end, the time for the reckoning will come, and there will be no opportunity for amending one’s deeds; rather, every soul will be recompensed according to it is deeds, good or evil. 

82:5 Each soul will then know what it has forwarded and withheld. 

Each soul will know in detail all deeds that it did in the worldly life when the records of deeds will be spread. Thus, the righteous will know the good consequences of righteous deeds they did in the worldly life and the evildoers will know the evil consequences of the sins they did in the worldly life.

After mentioning some of the signs of the Day of Judgment, human beings are addressed.

 82:6 O Man, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

82:7 who created you, then perfectly fashioned you, and made you well-proportioned

82:8 and in whatever form He willed He brought you to existence? 

The interrogation is for criticism and condemnation of man’s conduct.

O man, you are a weak creature whom Allah, the Able, created. What has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous? Why do some people disbelieve in the Oneness of the Creator, Allah? Why do some people worship other gods besides the Creator, Allah, and disobey His commands? 

The questioning is for threatening, not for securing answers. The ayah says, ‘Your Lord, the Generous.’ Some people may say that man has been deceived by Allah’s generosity. However, the intended meaning in the ayah is the following: O man, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, that you disobey His commands and meet His generosity with ingratitude? 

The ayah says ‘Your Lord’ and does not say ‘Allah.’ That is because ‘Your Lord’ implies that Allah, the Creator, has perfect authority and power. Indeed, Allah, the All-Powerful, created man from nothing and gave him countless blessings. Besides, ‘Your Lord’ implies that Allah takes care of man throughout his life. Thus, this Lord deserves thanks and obedience, not ingratitude and disobedience. 

[…who created you, then perfectly fashioned you, and made you well-proportioned and in whatever form He willed He brought you to existence?]

Allah created man in the best form and made him well-proportioned without any deformity nor defect. He gave man a moderate stature and proportionate organs, namely, his organs are perfectly created. It should be noted that this refers to the original creation of man, which does not contradict the fact that there are some people with deformities, but they are a minority in comparison with the well-proportionate and healthy people. 

O man, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous? He honored you by creating you in the best form and gave you sound organs that can help you to earn living. Your Lord, the Generous, gave you a moderate stature and proportionate organs. He did not make one of your hands long while the other short, and He did not make some parts of your body black while the rest white. Rather, Allah, the Generous, created you in the best form and perfectly fashioned you. 

O man, your Lord, the Generous, brought you to existence in the best form that His will and wisdom ordained.

The intended meaning is to remind man of Allah’s bounties on him, exhort him to worship Allah alone, obey His commands, and avoid His prohibitions. Besides, the ayat imply criticism and reprimand to man for his ingratitude to Allah’s blessings on him and failing to fulfill His obligations on him. 

Indeed, creating man in such a beautiful form that function perfectly is something that deserves contemplation and thanking Allah the Giver of all blessings.

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Surah al-Infitar, the Cleaving, was revealed in Mecca. It contains nineteen Ayat. According to the written copy of the Quran, the Mushaf, it is surah number eighty-two. 

The surah confirms that the Day of Judgment will certainly take place. It mentions some of the horrors of the Day of Judgment and refers to the fact that people should be prepared for this horrible day by worshipping Allah alone, obeying His commands, and avoiding His prohibitions. Moreover, surah al-Infitar mentions some of Allah’s blessings on the creatures and refers to the happy end of the believers and the evil end of the disbelievers. 

Relationship between Surah at-Takwir and al-Infitar

Surah at-Takwir is concluded with referring to the fact that all matters are under Allah’s control, and that He created all creatures and manages their affairs. Allah says, interpretation of the meaning, 

81: 27 It is nothing but a reminder to the worlds, 

81: 28 for whoever of you who wills to go straight. 

81: 29 And you do not will, unless Allah wills, the Lord of the worlds. 

Then surah al-Infitar mentions that this universe will be destroyed when the Day of Judgment takes place and that people will be recompensed for all their deeds. Allah says, interpretation of the meaning,

82:1 When the sky splits, 

82:2 When the stars scatter, 

82:3 When the seas are  burst, 

82:4 When the graves are overturned, 

82:13 Surely, the righteous will be in bliss, 

82:14 and the wicked will be in Hellfire

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