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