81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
And when the stars fall, dispersing
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
And when the mountains are removed
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
And when the seas are filled with flame
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
And when the souls are paired
81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
81:9
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
For what sin she was killed
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
And when the pages are made public
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
And when the sky is stripped away
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
And when Paradise is brought near
81:14
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]
81:15
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars
81:16
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear
81:17
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in
81:18
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
81:20
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position]
81:21
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
And your companion is not [at all] mad
81:23
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]
81:26
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
So where are you going
81:27
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course
81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds