Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
And when the stars darken,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars fall,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the hills are moved,
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا العشار عطلت
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا البحار سجرت
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas rise,
And when souls are united,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are reunited,
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed,
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was slain,
And when the books are spread,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا السماء كشطت
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the hell is kindled up,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when hell is lighted,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
الجوار الكنس
Go straight, or hide;
The stars which rise and set,
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذا عسعس
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the close of night,
And the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the breath of morning
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
And your companion is not gone mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your comrade is not mad.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Whither then will you go?
فأين تذهبون
When whither go ye?
Whither then go ye ?
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.