Chapter 81, 29 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
And when the stars fall,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the hills are moved,
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the seas rise,
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when souls are reunited,
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
For what sin she was slain,
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when hell is lighted,
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
The stars which rise and set,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
And the close of night,
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And the breath of morning
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
And your comrade is not mad.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Whither then go ye ?
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين