In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent,
the Merciful.
[81.1]
When the sun is covered,
[81.2]
And when the stars darken,
[81.3]
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
[81.4]
And when the camels are left untended,
[81.5]
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
[81.6]
And when the seas are set on fire,
[81.7]
And when souls are united,
[81.8]
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
[81.9]
For what sin she was killed,
[81.10]
And when the books are spread,
[81.11]
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
[81.12]
And when the hell is kindled up,
[81.13]
And when the garden is brought nigh,
[81.14]
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
[81.15]
But nay!
I swear by the stars,
[81.16]
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
[81.17]
And the night when it departs,
[81.18]
And the morning when it brightens,
[81.19]
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
[81.20]
The processor of strength,
having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
[81.21]
One (to be) obeyed,
and faithful in trust.
[81.22]
And your companion is not gone mad.
[81.23]
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
[81.24]
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
[81.25]
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
[81.26]
Whither then will you go?
[81.27]
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
[81.28]
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
[81.29]
And you do not please except that Allah please,
the Lord of the worlds.