بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
81:1
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
81:2
The stars turn dim and scatter, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
81:3
The mountains made to move, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
81:4
The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
81:5
The wild beasts stampede on the run, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
81:6
When the oceans surge and swell, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
81:7
When souls are reunited (with the bodies) - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
81:8
And the little girl buried alive is asked - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
81:9
For what crime she was put to death; - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
81:10
When the ledgers are laid open, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
81:11
The curtain drawn back from the skies, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
81:12
When Hell is set ablaze, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
81:13
And Paradise brought near, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
81:14
(Then) every soul will know what it had prepared (for itself). - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
81:15
So, I call the receding stars to witness, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
81:16
The planets withdrawing into themselves, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
81:17
The closing night, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
81:18
The rising dawn, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
81:19
That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
81:20
Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:21
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
81:21
Obeyed and worthy there of trust. - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
81:22
Your companion is not mad. - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
81:23
He had surely seen Him on the clear horizon. - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
81:24
He is not chary of making public what is unknown. - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
81:25
This is not the utterance of an accursed devil. - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
81:26
So whither do you stray? - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:27
This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
81:28
For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, - Ahmed Ali (English)
81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:29
Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds. - Ahmed Ali (English)