Surah Al-Infitar, Ayah 5 (82:5)

ٱلْإِنْفِطَار

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

Quran 82:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Infitar (“The Cleaving”), a Meccan surah of 19 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 587 of the Madani Mushaf.

82:5
عَلِمَتْنَفْسٌمَّاقَدَّمَتْوَأَخَّرَتْ٥
ʿalimat nafsun mā qaddamat wa-akharat

A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.(5)

Word by word

  1. عَلِمَتْʿalimatWill know
  2. نَفْسٌnafsuna soul
  3. مَّاmāwhat
  4. قَدَّمَتْqaddamatit has sent forth
  5. وَأَخَّرَتْwa-akharatand left behind

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