بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ1
When the sun is shrouded in darkness
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ2
when the stars are dimmed
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ3
when the mountains are set in motion
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ4
when pregnant camels are abandoned
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ5
when wild beasts are herded together
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ6
when the seas boil over
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ7
when souls are sorted into classes
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ8
when the baby girl buried alive is asked
بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ9
for what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ10
when the records of deeds are spread open
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ11
when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ12
when Hell is made to blaze
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ13
and Paradise brought near
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ14
then every soul will know what it has brought about
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ15
I swear by the planets
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ16
that recede, move, and hide
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ17
by the night that descends
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ18
by the dawn that softly breathes
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ19
this is the speech of a noble messenger
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ20
who possesses great strength and is held in honour by the Lord of the Throne––
مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ21
he is obeyed there and worthy of trust
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ22
Your companion is not mad
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ23
he did see him on the clear horizon
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ24
He does not withhold what is revealed to him from beyond
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ25
This is not the word of an outcast devil
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ26
So where are you [people] going
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ27
This is a message for all people
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ28
for those who wish to take the straight path
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ29
But you will only wish to do so by the will of God, the Lord of all people