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