81. At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun shall be folded up

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

when the stars shall scatter away

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

when the mountains shall be set in motion

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

when the savage beasts shall be brought together

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

when the seas shall be set boiling

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

when the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies)

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ

for what offence was she killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

and when the scrolls of (men's) deeds shall be unfolded

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

and when Heaven is laid bare

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

and Hell is stoked

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

and Paradise brought nigh

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

then shall each person know what he has brought along

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

No indeed; I swear by the alternating stars

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

that hide

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

and by the night as it recedes

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

and the morn as it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينࣲ‏

one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne

مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِينࣲ‏

there he is obeyed and held trustworthy

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏

(O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينࣲ‏

nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ رَّجِيمࣲ‏

nor is it a word of an accursed Satan

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

Where to are you then heading

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes