إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ (1)

When the sun is wound up,

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ (2)

when the stars scatter,

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ (3)

when the mountains are set moving,

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ (4)

when the pregnant camels are neglected,

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ (5)

when the wild beasts are mustered,

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ (6)

when the seas are set afire,

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ (7)

when the souls are assorted,

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ (8)

when the girl buried-alive will be asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ (9)

for what sin she was killed.

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ (10)

When the records [of deeds] are unfolded,

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ (11)

when the sky is stripped off,

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ (12)

when hell is set ablaze,

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ (13)

when paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ (14)

then a soul shall know what it has readied [for itself].

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ (15)

So I swear by the stars that return,

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ (16)

the comets,

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ (17)

by the night as it approaches,

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ (18)

by the dawn as it breathes:

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ (19)

it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle,

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ (20)

powerful and eminent with the Lord of the Throne,

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ (21)

one who is obeyed and is trustworthy as well.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ (22)

Your companion is not crazy:

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ (23)

certainly he saw him on the manifest horizon,

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ (24)

and he is not miserly concerning the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ (25)

And it is not the speech of an outcast Satan.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ (26)

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ (27)

It is just a reminder for all the nations,

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ (28)

for those of you who wish to walk straight;

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ (29)

but you will not wish unless it is wished by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.