Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
Waitha alssamao kushitat
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
Aljawari alkunnasi
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
Faayna tathhaboona
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena