Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the souls are paired
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
For what crime she was killed;
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
And when the pages are made public
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
When the world on High is unveiled;
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
Go straight, or hide;
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
And by the night as it closes in
And the Night as it dissipates;
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
وَالصُّبْحِ 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,
إِنَّهُ 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,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ 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.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
So where are you going?
When whither go ye?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لِمَن شَاءَ 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.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ