Chapter 81, 29 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
When the sun is covered,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall,
And when the stars darken,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the hills are moved,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas rise,
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are reunited,
And when souls are united,
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was slain,
For what sin she was killed,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the books are spread,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when hell is lighted,
And when the hell is kindled up,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
الجوار الكنس
The stars which rise and set,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
والليل إذا عسعس
And the close of night,
And the night when it departs,
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the breath of morning
And the morning when it brightens,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
مطاع ثم أمين
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your comrade is not mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
فأين تذهبون
Whither then go ye ?
Whither then will you go?
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.