Al-Infitar

Sura 82 of the Quran

الانفطار‎ Al-Infiṭār The Cleaving
Arabic text English translation
Classification	Meccan
Other names	Bursting Apart, The Cleaving Asunder, The Splitting, The Cataclysm
Position	Juzʼ 30
No. of verses	19
No. of words	81
No. of letters	333

Sūrat al-Infiṭār (Arabic: سورة الانفطار, “The Cleaving”, “Bursting Apart”) is the 82nd sura of the Qur'an with 19 ayat. The chapter is named ‘Al-Infitar’ because of the occurrence of the word ‘unfatarat’, in the first verse of this chapter. Infitar means ‘split asunder’. This word, ‘Unfatarat’ is used in this chapter in order to describe the splitting the sky on the day of Judgment. This chapter (Al-Infitar), along with Chapter At-Takwir and Al-Inshiqaq provide exhaustive description about ‘Day of Judgment’.

External links

• Works by Abdullah Yusuf Ali at Project Gutenberg
• The Holy Qur'an, translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
• Three translations at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Marmaduke Pickthall at Project Gutenberg