Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
And when the stars darken,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وإذا الجبال سيرت
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the camels are left untended,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وإذا العشار عطلت
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the seas are set on fire,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وإذا البحار سجرت
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when souls are united,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وإذا النفوس زوجت
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
For what sin she was killed,
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what crime she was killed;
And when the books are spread,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وإذا الصحف نشرت
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وإذا السماء كشطت
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the hell is kindled up,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the garden is brought nigh,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought near; -
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Aljawari alkunnasi
الجوار الكنس
Go straight, or hide;
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
والليل إذا عسعس
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مطاع ثم أمين
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
And your companion is not gone mad.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Whither then will you go?
Faayna tathhaboona
فأين تذهبون
When whither go ye?
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.