Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun is covered,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun is covered,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
And when the stars darken,
And when the stars fall.
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
And when the camels are left untended,
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
And when souls are united,
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what sin she was killed,
For what sin, was she killed?
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
And when the books are spread,
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
Waitha alssamao kushitat
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when Paradise is brought near.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Aljawari alkunnasi
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the night when it departs,
And by the night as it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the morning when it brightens,
And by the dawn as it brightens.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Faayna tathhaboona
Whither then will you go?
Then where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ