Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the sun is covered,
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars darken,
And when the mountains are removed
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels are left untended,
And when the wild beasts are gathered
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
And when the seas are filled with flame
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are set on fire,
And when the souls are paired
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are united,
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed,
And when the pages are made public
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the books are spread,
And when the sky is stripped away
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the garden is brought nigh,
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
So I swear by the retreating stars -
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
Go straight, or hide;
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And by the night as it closes in
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the night when it departs,
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the morning when it brightens,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
[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,
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not gone mad.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
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.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
So where are you going?
When whither go ye?
Whither then will you go?
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
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.
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.