Chapter 81, 29 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
الجوار الكنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
فأين تذهبون
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ