Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
And when the stars darken,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
And when the camels are left untended,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the seas are set on fire,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
And when souls are united,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed,
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was slain,
And when the books are spread,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the hell is kindled up,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Aljawari alkunnasi
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the close of night,
And the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And the breath of morning
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
And your companion is not gone mad.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Whither then will you go?
Faayna tathhaboona
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Whither then go ye ?
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.