When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
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 Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall.
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin, was she killed?
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn as it brightens.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Then where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ