Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
Waitha alssamao kushitat
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Aljawari alkunnasi
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
[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,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Faayna tathhaboona
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
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.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ