Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars darken,
And when the stars fall.
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels are left untended,
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are united,
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed,
For what sin, was she killed?
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the books are spread,
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when Paradise is brought near.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the night when it departs,
And by the night as it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the morning when it brightens,
And by the dawn as it brightens.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then will you go?
Then where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ