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.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall.
And when the stars fall,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
And when the hills are moved,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
And when the seas rise,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
And when souls are reunited,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin, was she killed?
For what sin she was slain,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
And when the pages are laid open,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
And when the sky is torn away,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
And when hell is lighted,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near.
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
The stars which rise and set,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it departs.
And the close of night,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn as it brightens.
And the breath of morning
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
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].
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
And your comrade is not mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Then where are you going?
Whither then go ye ?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ