81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ١

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

Sahih International

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ٢

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

Sahih International

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ٣

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

Sahih International

And when the mountains are removed

81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ٤

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

Sahih International

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ٥

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

Sahih International

And when the wild beasts are gathered

81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ٦

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

Sahih International

And when the seas are filled with flame

81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ٧

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

Sahih International

And when the souls are paired

81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ٨

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

Sahih International

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

81:9

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ٩

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

Sahih International

For what sin she was killed

81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ١٠

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

Sahih International

And when the pages are made public

81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ١١

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

Sahih International

And when the sky is stripped away

81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ١٢

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

Sahih International

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ١٣

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

Sahih International

And when Paradise is brought near,

81:14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ١٤

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

Sahih International

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

81:15

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ١٥

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

Sahih International

So I swear by the retreating stars -

81:16

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ١٦

Al jawaaril kunnas

Sahih International

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

81:17

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ١٧

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

Sahih International

And by the night as it closes in

81:18

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ١٨

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

Sahih International

And by the dawn when it breathes

81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ١٩

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

Sahih International

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

81:20

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ٢٠

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

Sahih International

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

81:21

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ٢١

Mutaa'in samma ameen

Sahih International

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ٢٢

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

Sahih International

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

81:23

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ٢٣

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

Sahih International

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ٢٤

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

Sahih International

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ٢٥

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

Sahih International

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

81:26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ٢٦

Fa ayna tazhaboon

Sahih International

So where are you going?

81:27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ٢٧

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

Sahih International

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ٢٨

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

Sahih International

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٢٩

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

Sahih International

And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.