إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
[81-1]
When the sun is covered,
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
[81-2]
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
[81-3]
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
[81-4]
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
[81-5]
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
[81-6]
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
[81-7]
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا الْمَوْؤُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
[81-8]
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
[81-9]
For what sin she was killed,
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
[81-10]
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
[81-11]
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
[81-12]
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
[81-13]
And when the garden is brought nigh,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
[81-14]
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
[81-15]
But nay! I swear by the stars,
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
[81-16]
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
[81-17]
And the night when it departs,
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
[81-18]
And the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[81-19]
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
[81-20]
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
[81-21]
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
[81-22]
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
[81-23]
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
[81-24]
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
[81-25]
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
[81-26]
Whither then will you go?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
[81-27]
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
[81-28]
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
وَمَا تَشَاؤُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
[81-29]
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.