Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the sun is covered,
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars darken,
Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Waitha aljibalu suyyirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when the camels are left untended,
Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are set on fire,
Waitha albiharu sujjirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are united,
Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Waitha almawoodatu suilat
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed,
Biayyi thanbin qutilat
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the books are spread,
Waitha alssuhufu nushirat
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Waitha alssamao kushitat
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when the hell is kindled up,
Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when the garden is brought nigh,
Waitha aljannatu ozlifat
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Aljawari alkunnasi
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
And the Night as it dissipates;
And the night when it departs,
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And the morning when it brightens,
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
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,
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not gone mad.
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
When whither go ye?
Whither then will you go?
Faayna tathhaboona
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
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.
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ