Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
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 an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ