Surah 82 · verse 17
Al-Infitar 82:17
Sign in to listenوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
wa ma adraka ma yawm ad-din
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ
And indeed, the wicked will be in Hellfire.
Verse 15يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ
They will [enter to] burn therein on the Day of Recompense,
Verse 16وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ
And never therefrom will they be absent.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
And what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ
Then, what can make you know what is the Day of Recompense?
Verse 19يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا ۖ وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ
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 Allah.
