بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
Chapter 81, 29 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars fall,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the hills are moved,
وإذا العشار عطلت
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وإذا البحار سجرت
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas rise,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are reunited,
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
بأي ذنب قتلت
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was slain,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the pages are laid open,
وإذا السماء كشطت
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the sky is torn away,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when hell is lighted,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
الجوار الكنس
Aljawari alkunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
The stars which rise and set,
والليل إذا عسعس
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the close of night,
والصبح إذا تنفس
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the breath of morning
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
مطاع ثم أمين
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your comrade is not mad.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
فأين تذهبون
Faayna tathhaboona
When whither go ye?
Whither then go ye ?
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.