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
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars darken,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وإذا الجبال سيرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels are left untended,
وإذا العشار عطلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are set on fire,
وإذا البحار سجرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are united,
وإذا النفوس زوجت
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed,
بأي ذنب قتلت
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the books are spread,
وإذا الصحف نشرت
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وإذا السماء كشطت
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the hell is kindled up,
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the garden is brought nigh,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
الجوار الكنس
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the night when it departs,
والليل إذا عسعس
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the morning when it brightens,
والصبح إذا تنفس
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not gone mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
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
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
When whither go ye?
Whither then will you go?
فأين تذهبون
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
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
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
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
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ