Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the sun is covered,
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars darken,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when the camels are left untended,
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are set on fire,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when souls are united,
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed,
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the books are spread,
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the hell is kindled up,
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when the garden is brought nigh,
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
And the night when it departs,
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
And the morning when it brightens,
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not gone mad.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
Whither then will you go?
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.