Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the hills are moved,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas rise,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when souls are reunited,
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was slain,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages are laid open,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is torn away,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when hell is lighted,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
Aljawari alkunnasi
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
The stars which rise and set,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the close of night,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And the breath of morning
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And your comrade is not mad.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
Faayna tathhaboona
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Whither then go ye ?
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.