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
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was slain,
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are laid open,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the close of night,
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the breath of morning
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
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
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
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 an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then go ye ?
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
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
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills 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.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ