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