Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what crime she was killed;
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the Garden is brought near; -
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
Go straight, or hide;
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And the Night as it dissipates;
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
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
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
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
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
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
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
When whither go ye?
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
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
(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
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.