Chapter 81, 29 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars fall,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
And when the hills are moved,
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas rise,
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are reunited,
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was slain,
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages are made public
And when the pages are laid open,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the sky is torn away,
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when hell is lighted,
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
The stars which rise and set,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in
And the close of night,
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the breath of morning
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your comrade is not mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
So where are you going?
Whither then go ye ?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.