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