إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

WHEN THE SUN is folded up,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 1

"وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ"

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

The stars turn dim and scatter,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 2

"وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ"

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

The mountains made to move,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 3

"وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ"

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 4

"وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ"

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

The wild beasts stampede on the run,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 5

"وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ"

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

When the oceans surge and swell,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 6

"وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ"

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

When souls are reunited (with the bodies)

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 7

"وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ"

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

And the little girl buried alive is asked

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 8

"بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ"

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

For what crime she was put to death;

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 9

"وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ"

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

When the ledgers are laid open,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 10

"وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ"

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

The curtain drawn back from the skies,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 11

"وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ"

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

When Hell is set ablaze,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 12

"وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ"

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

And Paradise brought near,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 13

"عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ"

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

(Then) every soul will know what it had prepared (for itself).

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 14

"فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ"

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

So, I call the receding stars to witness,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 15

"الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ"

Al jawaaril kunnas

The planets withdrawing into themselves,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 16

"وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ"

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

The closing night,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 17

"وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ"

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

The rising dawn,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 18

"إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ"

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 19

"ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ"

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 20

"مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ"

Mutaa'in samma ameen

Obeyed and worthy there of trust.

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 21

"وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ"

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

Your companion is not mad.

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 22

"وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ"

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

He had surely seen Him on the clear horizon.

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 23

"وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ"

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

He is not chary of making public what is unknown.

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 24

"وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ"

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

This is not the utterance of an accursed devil.

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 25

"فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ"

Fa ayna tazhaboon

So whither do you stray?

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 26

"إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ"

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 27

"لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ"

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight,

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 28

"وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا …َهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ"

Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds.

Surah Number : 81 , Ayat Number : 29