When the sun is covered,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and 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 mountains are made to pass away;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are united,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed,
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin, was she killed?
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the books are spread,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the hell is kindled up,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
الجوار الكنس
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn as it brightens.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not gone mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then will you go?
فأين تذهبون
Then where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
To whomsoever among you who wills 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 you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ