When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ 2
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ 3
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ 4
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ 6
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ 7
And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ 8
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
For what sin she was killed
And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ 11
And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ 12
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ 13
And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ 14
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ 15
So I swear by the retreating stars -
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
And by the night as it closes in
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ 18
And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ 19
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ 20
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ 22
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ 23
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ 24
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ 25
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
So where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ 27
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ 28
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ 29
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.