Al-InfitarJuz 30 · Page 587

Al-Infitar 82:7

The Cleaving · Juz 30 · Page 587

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ٧

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

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‌ يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّ‌كَ (0 man! at has deceived you about your Gracious Lord...82:6) The opening of the Surah mentions the violent events that will take place at the end of this worldly life, and the current set of verses reminds us of the inceptive stages of our creation. The sum total of the verses purport to say that if man had considered carefully, he would have believed in Allah and His Messenger ﷺ ، and he would not have deviated a hair's breadth from Divine injunctions, but he slumped into heedlessness and forgetfulness. In the present verse, he is reprimanded by a rhetorical question and by means of gentle remonstrance as to what has lured him away from His Gracious Lord, and led him to disobedience, despite he knows his beginning, and he knows his end.

The verse further goes on to remind man of the inceptive stages of his creation. First, it says: خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ (who created you, then perfected you...82:7). The sense is that not only did Allah create man, but He also perfected his creation and proportioned his body, limbs and organs. Every limb and organ is well placed. The body, height, length and breadth of every limb are kept in harmony, symmetry and balance. Any deviation from the symmetrical construction of the human body, the organs will become dysfunctional. Then the verse says: فَعَدَلَكَ (...then brought you in due proportion?...82:7). Man is granted such symmetry, harmony and balance that no other animal in the world is granted to that degree. Along with physical and physiological symmetry and harmony, he has been granted well-balanced disposition, despite the fact that man is made up of opposing humours - blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. Some are hot and others are cold, and yet the perfect wisdom of Allah prepared a well-balanced disposition. Thereafter a third characteristic is mentioned as follows:

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سورة الإنفطار

Al-Infitar

The Cleaving · Meccan · 19 ayahs

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

82:1

إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتۡ ١

When the sky breaks apart

82:2

وَإِذَا ٱلۡكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتۡ ٢

And when the stars fall, scattering,

82:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتۡ ٣

And when the seas are erupted

82:4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡقُبُورُ بُعۡثِرَتۡ ٤

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered [i.e., exposed],

82:5

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّا قَدَّمَتۡ وَأَخَّرَتۡ ٥

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

82:6

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡكَرِيمِ ٦

O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous,

82:7

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّىٰكَ فَعَدَلَكَ ٧

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?

82:8

فِيٓ أَيِّ صُورَةٖ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ ٨

In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

82:9

كـَلَّا بَلۡ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ ٩

No! But you deny the Recompense.

82:10

وَإِنَّ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَحَٰفِظِينَ ١٠

And indeed, [appointed] over you are keepers,1

1 translator’s note
  1. Angels who preserve the deeds of men in records. ↩

82:11

كِرَامٗا كَٰتِبِينَ ١١

Noble and recording;

82:12

يَعۡلَمُونَ مَا تَفۡعَلُونَ ١٢

They know whatever you do.

82:13

إِنَّ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٖ ١٣

Indeed, the righteous will be in pleasure,

82:14

وَإِنَّ ٱلۡفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٖ ١٤

And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.

82:15

يَصۡلَوۡنَهَا يَوۡمَ ٱلدِّينِ ١٥

They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,

82:16

وَمَا هُمۡ عَنۡهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ ١٦

And never therefrom will they be absent.

82:17

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٧

And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

82:18

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا يَوۡمُ ٱلدِّينِ ١٨

Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?

82:19

يَوۡمَ لَا تَمۡلِكُ نَفۡسٞ لِّنَفۡسٖ شَيۡـٔٗاۖ وَٱلۡأَمۡرُ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلَّهِ ١٩

It 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 Allāh.

سورة المطففين

Al-Mutaffifin

The Defrauding · Meccan · 36 ayahs

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

83:1

وَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُطَفِّفِينَ ١

Woe to those who give less [than due],1

1 translator’s note
  1. i.e., those who cheat people by giving them less than what they paid for when weighing or measuring - an amount so little as to hardly be noticed. ↩

83:2

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكۡتَالُواْ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسۡتَوۡفُونَ ٢

Who, when they take a measure from people, take in full.

83:3

وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمۡ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمۡ يُخۡسِرُونَ ٣

But if they give by measure or by weight to them, they cause loss.

83:4

أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبۡعُوثُونَ ٤

Do they not think that they will be resurrected

83:5

لِيَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٖ ٥

For a tremendous Day -

83:6

يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلنَّاسُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٦

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of the worlds?

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