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;-