إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾

When the sun is wrapped up,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

And when the stars fall, losing their luster

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

And when the mountains are moved away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾

And when the full-term she-camels (are) left untended;

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

And when the wild beasts are gathered,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾

And when the seas are made to overflow,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾

And when the souls are paired,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾

And when the female infant buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾

For what sin she was killed.

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

And when the pages are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾

And when the sky is stripped away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

And when the Hellfire is set ablaze,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾

Will know a soul what it has brought.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾

But nay! I swear by the retreating planets,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾

Those that run (and) disappear,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾

And the night when it departs,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾

And the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾

Indeed, it (is) surely a word (of) a Messenger noble,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Possessor of power, with (the) Owner of the Throne secure,

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾

One to be obeyed and trustworthy,

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

And not (is) your companion mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾

And certainly he saw him in the horizon the clear.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

And not he (is) on the unseen a withholder.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

And not it (is the) word (of) Shaitaan accursed.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Not it (is) except a reminder to the worlds,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾

For whoever wills among you to take a straight way.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

And not you will except that wills Allah, Lord (of) the worlds.