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 wrapped up [in darkness]
And when the stars fall.
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are removed
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
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 the souls are paired
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl [who was] 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 pages are made public
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is stripped away
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when Paradise is brought near.
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near,
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So I swear by the retreating stars -
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
الجوار الكنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
And by the night as it departs.
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it closes in
And by the dawn as it brightens.
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn when it breathes
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
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not [at all] 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 he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Then where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
So where are you going?
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 not except a reminder to the worlds
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
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 will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.