Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars darken,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the hills are moved,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas rise,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are united,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are reunited,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed,
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was slain,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the books are spread,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are laid open,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is torn away,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the hell is kindled up,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when hell is lighted,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
الجوار الكنس
The stars which rise and set,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذا عسعس
And the close of night,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the breath of morning
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not gone mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your comrade is not mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then will you go?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then go ye ?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ