Chapter 81, 29 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the sun is covered,
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed,
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the garden is brought nigh,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the night when it departs,
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
When whither go ye?
Whither then will you go?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.