إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ (1)
When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown) |
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ (2)
And when the stars shall fall |
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ (3)
And when the mountains shall made to pass away |
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ (4)
And when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected |
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ (5)
And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together |
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ (6)
And when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow |
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ (7)
And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies |
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ (8)
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned |
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ (9)
For what sin she was killed |
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ (10)
And when the written pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open |
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ (11)
And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place |
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ (12)
And when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze |
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ (13)
And when Paradise shall be brought near |
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ (14)
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil) |
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ (15)
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night) |
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ (16)
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves |
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ (17)
And by the night as it departs |
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ (18)
And by the dawn as it brightens |
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ (19)
Verily, this is the Word (this Quran brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibrael (Gabriel), from Allah to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) |
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ (20)
Owner of power, and high rank with (Allah) the Lord of the Throne |
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ (21)
Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens) |
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ (22)
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman |
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ (23)
And indeed he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east) |
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ (24)
And he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) withholds not a knowledge of the unseen |
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ (25)
And it (the Quran) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan) |
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ (26)
Then where are you going |
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ (27)
Verily, this (the Quran) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinns) |
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ (28)
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight |
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ (29)
And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists) |
