Chapter 81, 29 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars darken,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
For what crime she was killed;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Go straight, or hide;
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
And the Night as it dissipates;
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
When whither go ye?
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.