Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun is covered,
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
And when the stars darken,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
And when the camels are left untended,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
And when the seas are set on fire,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
And when souls are united,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what sin she was killed,
For what crime she was killed;
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
And when the books are spread,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the hell is kindled up,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the garden is brought nigh,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
But nay! I swear by the stars,
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Go straight, or hide;
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
And the night when it departs,
And the Night as it dissipates;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the morning when it brightens,
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
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,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
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,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And your companion is not gone mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly 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].
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
Whither then will you go?
When whither go ye?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
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.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ