Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the sun is covered,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Aljawari alkunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the morning when it brightens,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Faayna tathhaboona
When whither go ye?
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher 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