Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars fall,
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the hills are moved,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas rise,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are reunited,
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was slain,
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the pages are laid open,
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the sky is torn away,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when hell is lighted,
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
The stars which rise and set,
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the close of night,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the breath of morning
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your comrade is not mad.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
When whither go ye?
Whither then go ye ?
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ