| 1 | When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; | ||
| 2 | When the stars fall, losing their lustre; | ||
| 3 | When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); | ||
| 4 | When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; | ||
| 5 | When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); | ||
| 6 | When the oceans boil over with a swell; | ||
| 7 | When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); | ||
| 8 | When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - | ||
| 9 | For what crime she was killed; | ||
| 10 | When the scrolls are laid open; | ||
| 11 | When the world on High is unveiled; | ||
| 12 | When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; | ||
| 13 | And when the Garden is brought near;- | ||
| 14 | (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. | ||
| 15 | So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, | ||
| 16 | Go straight, or hide; | ||
| 17 | And the Night as it dissipates; | ||
| 18 | And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- | ||
| 19 | Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, | ||
| 20 | Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, | ||
| 21 | With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. | ||
| 22 | And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; | ||
| 23 | And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. | ||
| 24 | Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. | ||
| 25 | Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. | ||
| 26 | When whither go ye? | ||
| 27 | Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: | ||
| 28 | (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: | ||
| 29 | But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. |