بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
English Translation:
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
English Translation:
And when the stars fall, dispersing
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
English Translation:
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
English Translation:
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
English Translation:
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
English Translation:
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
English Translation:
And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
English Translation:
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
English Translation:
For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
English Translation:
And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
English Translation:
And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
English Translation:
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
English Translation:
And when Paradise is brought near
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
English Translation:
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
English Translation:
So I swear by the retreating stars
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
English Translation:
Those that run [their courses] and disappear
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
English Translation:
And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
English Translation:
And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
English Translation:
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
English Translation:
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position]
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
English Translation:
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
English Translation:
And your companion is not [at all] mad
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
English Translation:
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
English Translation:
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
English Translation:
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
English Translation:
So where are you going
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation:
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
English Translation:
For whoever wills among you to take a right course
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English Translation:
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds