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]
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
And when the mountains are removed
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
And when the wild beasts are gathered
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
And when the seas are filled with flame
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
And when the souls are paired
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
And when the girl [who was] 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 pages are made public
When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
And when the sky is stripped away
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
And when the Garden is brought near; -
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
And when Paradise is brought near,
(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].
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
So I swear by the retreating stars -
Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
And by the night as it closes in
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
والصبح إذا تنفس
And by the dawn when it breathes
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
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],
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
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.
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].
When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
So where are you going?
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
(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.
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.