إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١
When the sun is put out,
81:1
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢
and when the stars fall down,
81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣
and when the mountains are blown away,
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤
and when pregnant camels are left untended,1
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥
and when wild beasts are gathered together,1
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦
and when the seas are set on fire,1
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧
and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨
and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked
81:8
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩
for what crime they were put to death,1
81:9
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠
and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open,
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١
and when the sky is stripped away,
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢
and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣
and when Paradise is brought near—
81:13
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤
˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.
81:14
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥
I do swear by the receding stars
81:15
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦
which travel and hide,1
81:16
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧
and the night as it falls
81:17
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨
and the day as it breaks!1
81:18
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel,
81:19
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠
full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,
81:20
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١
obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.
81:21
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢
And your fellow man1 is not insane.
81:22
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣
And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,1
81:23
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤
and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥
And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.1
81:25
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦
So what ˹other˺ path would you take?
81:26
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—
81:27
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨
to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.
81:28
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩
But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.
81:29