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.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
And when the stars fall.
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
For what sin, was she killed?
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when Paradise is brought near.
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
And by the night as it departs.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Night as it dissipates;
And by the dawn as it brightens.
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
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].
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Then where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
When whither go ye?
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.