Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is covered,
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
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,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall,
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the hills are moved,
And when the camels are left untended,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the seas are set on fire,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas rise,
And when souls are united,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are reunited,
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed,
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was slain,
And when the books are spread,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is torn away,
And when the hell is kindled up,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when hell is lighted,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
The stars which rise and set,
And the night when it departs,
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
And the close of night,
And the morning when it brightens,
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the breath of morning
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable 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,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
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.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your comrade is not mad.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him 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.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a 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,
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Whither then will you go?
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then go ye ?
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) 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.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
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.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher 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.