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