Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
For what crime she was killed;
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the world on High is unveiled;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
Aljawari alkunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Night as it dissipates;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
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
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
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],
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
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.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
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].
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
Faayna tathhaboona
When whither go ye?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
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.
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
(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.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ