— When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] 81:2 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ — And when the stars fall, dispersing, 81:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ — And when the mountains are removed 81:4 وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ — And when full-term she-camels 1 are neglected 81:5 وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ — And when the wild beasts are gathered 81:6 وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ — And when the seas are filled with flame 1 81:7 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ — And when the souls are paired 1 81:8 وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ — And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked 81:10 وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ — And when the pages 1 are spread [i.e., made public] 81:11 وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ — And when the sky is stripped away 81:12 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ — And when Hellfire is set ablaze 81:13 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ — And when Paradise is brought near, 81:14 عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ — A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
1 81:15 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ — So I swear by the retreating stars - — Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set] 81:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ — And by the night as it closes in 1 81:18 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ — And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs] 81:19 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ — [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel] 81:20 ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ — [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position], — Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
81:22 وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ — And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad. 1 81:23 وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ — And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon. 1 81:24 وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ — And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. 1 81:25 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ — And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
81:27 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ — It is not except a reminder to the worlds 81:28 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ — For whoever wills among you to take a right course. 81:29 وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ — And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.