بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• 81:1

  إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

  When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

• 81:2

  وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

  And when the stars fall, dispersing,

• 81:3

  وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

  And when the mountains are removed

• 81:4

  وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

  And when full-term she-camels are neglected

• 81:5

  وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

  And when the wild beasts are gathered

• 81:6

  وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

  And when the seas are filled with flame

• 81:7

  وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

  And when the souls are paired

• 81:8

  وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

  And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

• 81:9

  بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

  For what sin she was killed

• 81:10

  وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

  And when the pages are made public

• 81:11

  وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

  And when the sky is stripped away

• 81:12

  وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

  And when Hellfire is set ablaze

• 81:13

  وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

  And when Paradise is brought near,

• 81:14

  عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

  A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

• 81:15

  فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

  So I swear by the retreating stars -

• 81:16

  ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

  Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

• 81:17

  وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

  And by the night as it closes in

• 81:18

  وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

  And by the dawn when it breathes

• 81:19

  إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

  [That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

• 81:20

  ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

  [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

• 81:21

  مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

  Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

• 81:22

  وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

  And your companion is not [at all] mad.

• 81:23

  وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

  And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

• 81:24

  وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

  And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

• 81:25

  وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

  And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

• 81:26

  فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

  So where are you going?

• 81:27

  إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

  It is not except a reminder to the worlds

• 81:28

  لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

  For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

• 81:29

  وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

  And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.