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.
When the sun is covered,
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall.
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
And when the seas are set on fire,
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 united,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin, was she killed?
For what sin she was killed,
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
And when the hell is kindled up,
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).
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it departs.
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn as it brightens.
And the morning when it brightens,
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].
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), 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
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Then where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
For him among you who pleases to go 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 you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ