When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين