The Quran

سورة الانفِطار

Surah Al-Infitâr 82:5

The Cleaving Asunder · Verse 5 of 19

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Every person shall know (then) what (evil) actions (which he should not have done) he has committed, and what (good actions he should have done) he has omitted.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Then) shall each soul know what it hath sent forward and (what it hath) kept back.

Ahmed Ali

Each soul will know what it had sent ahead and what it had left behind.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Everyone will come to understand all (the good and evil) that he has forwarded (to his afterlife while in the world), and all (the good and evil) that he has left behind (undone).

Daryabadi

Each soul shall know that which it sent afore and that which it left behind.

Faridul Haque

Every soul will come to know what it has sent ahead and what it left behind.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Every soul will know what it his sent before and what it has held back.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Every soul shall then know what it has sent forth and what it has kept back,

Muhammad Asad

every human being will [at last] comprehend, what he has sent ahead and what he has held back [in this world].

Muhammad Musin Khan

(Then) a person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of good or bad deeds).

Muhammad Pickthall

A soul will know what it hath sent before (it) and what left behind.

Muhammad Sarwar

every soul will see the result of its deeds - those recorded before his death and those which will produce either virtue or evil after his death.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.

Rashad Khalifa

Every soul will find out what caused it to advance, and what caused it to regress.

Shabbir Ahmed

Every Nafs (‘self’) will know what it has done and what it has left undone.

Commentary 82:5 The expression also means, “The deeds that ought to be done were not done, and the deeds that should not be done were done.”

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

82:5 The expression also means, “The deeds that ought to be done were not done, and the deeds that should not be done were done.”