Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars darken,
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
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
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.