Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are removed
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when the souls are paired
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the pages are made public
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when Paradise is brought near,
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
So I swear by the retreating stars -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
And the night when it departs,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Night as it dissipates;
And by the night as it closes in
And the morning when it brightens,
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And by the dawn when it breathes
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
When whither go ye?
So where are you going?
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.