إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
81:2
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ ٢
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
81:3
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
81:4
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
81:5
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
81:6
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
81:7
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
81:8
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
81:9
بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ ٩
For what crime she was killed;
81:10
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠
When the scrolls are laid open;
81:11
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١
When the world on High is unveiled;
81:12
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
81:13
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣
And when the Garden is brought near;-
81:14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
81:15
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ ١٥
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
81:16
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ ١٦
Go straight, or hide;
81:17
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ١٧
And the Night as it dissipates;
81:18
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-
81:19
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ١٩
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
81:20
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ٢٠
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
81:21
مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ٢١
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ ٢٢
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
81:23
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ ٢٣
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ٢٤
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ ٢٥
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
81:26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ٢٦
When whither go ye?
81:27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ ٢٧
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
81:28
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ ٢٨
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
81:29
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ ٢٩
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.