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