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 -