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