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