When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا العشار عطلت
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا البحار سجرت
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
بأي ذنب قتلت
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا السماء كشطت
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the hell is kindled up,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
الجوار الكنس
Aljawari alkunnasi
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذا عسعس
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا تنفس
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
فأين تذهبون
Faayna tathhaboona
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ