Chapter 81, 29 verses
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what crime she was killed;
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the world on High is unveiled;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Aljawari alkunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Night as it dissipates;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Faayna tathhaboona
When whither go ye?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
(With profit) to whoever among you wills 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.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ