Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the hell is kindled up,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Aljawari alkunnasi
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Faayna tathhaboona
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.