Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars darken,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the camels are left untended,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when souls are united,
And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed,
For what sin she was killed
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the books are spread,
And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Hellfire 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.
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the night when it departs,
And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the morning when it brightens,
And by the dawn when it breathes
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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],
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not gone mad.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Whither then will you go?
So where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
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.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ