Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars fall,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the mountains are removed
And when the hills are moved,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas rise,
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are reunited,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was slain,
بأي ذنب قتلت
And when the pages are made public
And when the pages are laid open,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the sky is torn away,
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when hell is lighted,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
So I swear by the retreating stars -
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
The stars which rise and set,
الجوار الكنس
And by the night as it closes in
And the close of night,
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the breath of morning
والصبح إذا تنفس
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مطاع ثم أمين
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your comrade is not mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
So where are you going?
Whither then go ye ?
فأين تذهبون
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين