Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars darken,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels are left untended,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are set on fire,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are united,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed,
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what crime she was killed;
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the books are spread,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the world on High is unveiled;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the hell is kindled up,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the garden is brought nigh,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Aljawari alkunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Night as it dissipates;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Verily this is the word of a most honourable 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
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not gone mad.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then will you go?
Faayna tathhaboona
When whither go ye?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go 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
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ