Chapter 81, 29 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
And when the stars fall.
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars darken,
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
For what sin, was she killed?
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Paradise is brought near.
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the garden is brought nigh,
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And by the night as it departs.
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
And by the dawn as it brightens.
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Then where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.