When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
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;
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وإذا العشار عطلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وإذا البحار سجرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وإذا النفوس زوجت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what crime she was killed;
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بأي ذنب قتلت
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
When the scrolls are laid open;
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وإذا الصحف نشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
When the world on High is unveiled;
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وإذا السماء كشطت
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
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.
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
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,
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فلا أقسم بالخنس
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
Go straight, or hide;
Aljawari alkunnasi
الجوار الكنس
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
And the Night as it dissipates;
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
والليل إذا عسعس
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
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,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
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,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
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.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مطاع ثم أمين
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
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.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
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.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
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.
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
When whither go ye?
Faayna tathhaboona
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:
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
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:
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
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.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ