1

إِذَا اَ۬لشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun (and the solar system) is wrapped up

2

وَإِذَا اَ۬لنُّجُومُ اُ۪نكَدَرَتۡ

And the stars are rendered dim and dusty

3

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And the mountains are (dislodged and) set in motion

4

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And the pregnant camel is left unattended (by its owner)

5

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And the beasts are herded up

6

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡبِحَارُ سُجِرَتۡ

And oceans boil and brim over

7

وَإِذَا اَ۬لنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

(That would be the day) when souls would rejoin their bodies

8

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

And the infant girl who was buried alive, would be asked

9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ

What was her sin? Why was she killed

10

وَإِذَا اَ۬لصُّحُفُ نُشِّرَتۡ

When the record (of deeds) is laid open

11

وَإِذَا اَ۬لسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And the sky is stripped bare

12

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡجَحِيمُ سُعِرَتۡ

And the hellfire is set ablaze

13

وَإِذَا اَ۬لۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And the paradise is brought closer

14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

(That day), each soul shall learn what (deeds) it has brought along

15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِالۡخُنَّسِ

No, (I swear) by the planets

16

اِ۬لۡجَوَارِ اِ۬لۡكُنَّسِ

And the stars that rise and set

17

وَاَلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And the night as it departs

18

وَاَلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the dawn that breathes (anew)

19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

Of course, this (Qur´an) is really the word brought by the noble messenger _ (the angel, Gibrael)

20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي اِ۬لۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينࣲ‏

The one who has power and high rank with the Lord of the throne

21

مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِينࣲ‏

(The one who is) obeyed, and is furthermore, trustworthy

22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏

(Oh people)! your companion is not crazy

23

وَلَقَدۡ رَء۪اهُ بِالۡأُفُقِ اِ۬لۡمُبِينِ

He most definitely saw (the angel, Gibrael) on the clear horizon

24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى اَ۬لۡغَيۡبِ بِضظَنِينࣲ‏

And he is not stingy about (disclosing the knowledge of) the unseen

25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ رَّجِيمࣲ‏

It is not the word of the cursed Shaitan

26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

So, where to, are you headed

27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

This is not anything other than the reminder for the entire world

28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

For every single one of you, anyone who wishes to walk upright along the straight path

29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ اَ۬للَّهُ رَبُّ اُ۬لۡعَٰلَمِينَ

But the wishes of any of you do not matter, unless Allah, the Lord of the universe, wills it too