Chapter 81, 29 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
And when the stars fall,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
And when the hills are moved,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
And when the seas rise,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
And when souls are reunited,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
For what sin she was slain,
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
And when the pages are laid open,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
And when the sky is torn away,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
Waitha alssamao kushitat
And when hell is lighted,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
The stars which rise and set,
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
Aljawari alkunnasi
And the close of night,
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the breath of morning
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
And your comrade is not mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Whither then go ye ?
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
Faayna tathhaboona
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena