Chapter 81, 29 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hellfire 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
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
الجوار الكنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
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,
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,
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
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.
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.
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,
فأين تذهبون
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
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.