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