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 wrapped up [in darkness]
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl [who was] 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 pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
الجوار الكنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the close of night,
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the breath of morning
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn when it breathes
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then go ye ?
فأين تذهبون
So where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
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 will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ