Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars darken,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
And when the stars fall,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
And when the hills are moved,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels are left untended,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are set on fire,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
And when the seas rise,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are united,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
And when souls are reunited,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed,
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what sin she was slain,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the books are spread,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
And when the pages are laid open,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
And when the sky is torn away,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the hell is kindled up,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
And when hell is lighted,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the garden is brought nigh,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Aljawari alkunnasi
The stars which rise and set,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the close of night,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the breath of morning
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
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,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
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.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not gone mad.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And your comrade is not mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then will you go?
Faayna tathhaboona
Whither then go ye ?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
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.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ