سورة الانفِطار

Surah Al-Infitâr 82:4

The Cleaving Asunder · Verse 4 of 19

وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And when the graves will be laid open,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And when the Graves are turned upside down;-

Ahmed Ali

When the graves are overturned,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And when the graves are overturned (and pour out their contents);

Daryabadi

And when the graves are ransacked,

Faridul Haque

And when the graves are overturned.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when the graves are laid open --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And when the graves are laid open,

Muhammad Asad

and when the graves are overturned

Muhammad Musin Khan

And when the graves are turned upside down (and they bring out their contents)

Muhammad Pickthall

And the sepulchres are overturned,

Muhammad Sarwar

and the graves are turned inside out,

Muhammed ali Shakir

And when the graves are laid open,

Rashad Khalifa

The graves are opened.

Shabbir Ahmed

And when the hidden things on earth are overturned.

Commentary 82:4 Bu‘thiratبُعْثِرَتْ is derived from ba‘tharaبعْثرَ – to lay open the earth, to excavate the earth. The verse refers to archaeological excavations. It may…

وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

82:4 Bu‘thiratبُعْثِرَتْ is derived from ba‘tharaبعْثرَ – to lay open the earth, to excavate the earth. The verse refers to archaeological excavations. It may thus mean that in the later days graves will be laid open as has been done in the case of the tombs of the ancient kings of Egypt and elsewhere. It also means that the long forgotten monuments and towns submerged will be dug out and laid open. The laying open of the earth also refers to the mining of metals and precious stones, and drilling deep for oil and gas wells or perhaps the scientific exploration of the depths of the earth. As regards its metaphoric meanings, it can be interpreted as saying that owing to the spiritual renaissance the spiritually dead will come to life. Imâm Râghib has given the metaphorical meanings to this verse that dead and lifeless teachings will be revived (see 100: 9).