81 : 1

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

81 : 2

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

81 : 3

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

81 : 4

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

81 : 5

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

81 : 6

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

81 : 7

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

81 : 8

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

81 : 9

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime she was killed;

81 : 10

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

When the scrolls are laid open;

81 : 11

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

When the world on High is unveiled;

81 : 12

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

81 : 13

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when the Garden is brought near;-

81 : 14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ

(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

81 : 15

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

81 : 16

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Go straight, or hide;

81 : 17

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And the Night as it dissipates;

81 : 18

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

81 : 19

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

81 : 20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

81 : 21

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

81 : 22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ

And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

81 : 23

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

81 : 24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

81 : 25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

81 : 26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

When whither go ye?

81 : 27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ

Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

81 : 28

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ

(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

81 : 29

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.