Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what crime she was killed;
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
Aljawari alkunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Night as it dissipates;
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Faayna tathhaboona
When whither go ye?
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.