Chapter 81, 29 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was slain,
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are laid open,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the close of night,
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the breath of morning
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then go ye ?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ