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]
When the sun is covered,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was slain,
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the close of night,
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the breath of morning
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
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,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
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;
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
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.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then go ye ?
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
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.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ