Chapter 81, 29 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
When the sun is covered,
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
And when the stars darken,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the camels are left untended,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
And when the seas are set on fire,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
And when souls are united,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was slain,
For what sin she was killed,
For what crime she was killed;
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the books are spread,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
And when the hell is kindled up,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Go straight, or hide;
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the close of night,
And the night when it departs,
And the Night as it dissipates;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the breath of morning
And the morning when it brightens,
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
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,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
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,
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then go ye ?
Whither then will you go?
When whither go ye?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
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.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ