Chapter 81, 29 verses
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
And when the mountains are removed
وإذا الجبال سيرت
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
And when full - term she - camels are neglected
وإذا العشار عطلت
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
And when the seas are filled with flame
وإذا البحار سجرت
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when the souls are paired
وإذا النفوس زوجت
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
For what crime she was killed;
For what sin she was killed
بأي ذنب قتلت
When the scrolls are laid open;
And when the pages are made public
وإذا الصحف نشرت
When the world on High is unveiled;
And when the sky is stripped away
وإذا السماء كشطت
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
And when the Garden is brought near; -
And when Paradise is brought near,
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
So I swear by the retreating stars -
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Go straight, or hide;
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
الجوار الكنس
And the Night as it dissipates;
And by the night as it closes in
والليل إذا عسعس
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
And by the dawn when it breathes
والصبح إذا تنفس
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
مطاع ثم أمين
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
When whither go ye?
So where are you going?
فأين تذهبون
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين