Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall,
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the hills are moved,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas rise,
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are reunited,
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was slain,
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are laid open,
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is torn away,
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when hell is lighted,
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
The stars which rise and set,
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And the close of night,
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the breath of morning
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your comrade is not mad.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then go ye ?
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.