Chapter 81, 29 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and 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 mountains are made to pass away;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
For what sin, was she killed?
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when Paradise is brought near.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
And by the night as it departs.
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
And by the dawn as it brightens.
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
Then where are you going?
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
To whomsoever among you who wills 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 you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).