81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١

When the sun is put out,



81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ٢

and when the stars fall down,



81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣

and when the mountains are blown away,



81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤

and when pregnant camels are left untended,



81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥

and when wild beasts are gathered together,



81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦

and when the seas are set on fire,



81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧

and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,



81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked



81:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ٩

for what crime they were put to death,



81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠

and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open,



81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١

and when the sky is stripped away,



81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,



81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣

and when Paradise is brought near—



81:14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤

˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.



81:15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ١٥

I do swear by the receding stars



81:16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ١٦

which travel and hide,



81:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ١٧

and the night as it falls



81:18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

and the day as it breaks!



81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ١٩

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel,



81:20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ٢٠

full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,



81:21
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ٢١

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.



81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ٢٢

And your fellow man is not insane.



81:23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢٣

And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,



81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ٢٤

and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.



81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ٢٥

And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.



81:26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ٢٦

So what ˹other˺ path would you take?



81:27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—



81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ٢٨

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.



81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.