Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
And when the stars darken,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the hills are moved,
And when the camels are left untended,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas rise,
And when souls are united,
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are reunited,
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed,
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was slain,
And when the books are spread,
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when hell is lighted,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
The stars which rise and set,
And the night when it departs,
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And the close of night,
And the morning when it brightens,
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the breath of morning
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
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,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
And your companion is not gone mad.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your comrade is not mad.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Whither then will you go?
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then go ye ?
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.