Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars darken,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
For what crime she was killed;
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
When the scrolls are laid open;
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
When the world on High is unveiled;
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Aljawari alkunnasi
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Go straight, or hide;
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
And the Night as it dissipates;
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
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,
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Faayna tathhaboona
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
When whither go ye?
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
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.