Tafseer of The Cleaving · Al-Infitaar · 82:5
A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.
Important: The Arabic source text is always authoritative. This translation is a study aid and has not been verified by scholars — do not use it as a basis for religious proof or for deriving rulings (ahkam). When in doubt, always consult the Arabic text and a qualified scholar.
His statement: وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ("And when the graves are overturned"). He says: and when the graves are dug up and overturned, so that the dead who are in them are brought out of them alive. One says: baʿthara fulān ḥawḍa fulān — when he puts the lowest part of it on top. One says: baʿthara and baḥthara: they are two linguistic variants.
And in line with what we have said about this, the people of interpretation (ahl al-taʾwīl) have spoken.
* Mention of who said that:
ʿAlī related to me, he said: Abū Ṣāliḥ related to us, he said: Muʿāwiya related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning his statement: وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ ("And when the graves are overturned"), he says: they are turned over.
