Meccan·Surah 82

الانفطار

Surah Al-Infitar — Ayah 17

The Cleaving

19 Ayahs·Verse 82:17
82:17

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

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

Context in Surah Al-Infitar

Nearby ayahs help place verse 82:17 in sequence and meaning.

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ ٱلدِّينِ

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

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

And never therefrom will they be absent.

ثُمَّ مَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

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

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَٱلْأَمْرُ 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.