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 wrapped up [in darkness]
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
For what sin she was killed
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn when it breathes
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
So where are you going?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
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 will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ