length: 29 ayahs
revelation: Meccan
81:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
When the sun shall be darkened,
81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
when the stars shall be thrown down,
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُیِّرَتۡ
when the mountains shall be set moving,
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
when the pregnant camels shall be neglected,
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
when the savage beasts shall be mustered,
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
when the seas shall be set boiling,
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
when the souls shall be coupled,
81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُىِٕلَتۡ
when the buried infant shall be asked
81:9
بِأَیِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ
for what sin she was slain,
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
when the scrolls shall be unrolled,
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كُشِطَتۡ
when heaven shall be stripped off;
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِیمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
when Hell shall be set blazing,
81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
when Paradise shall be brought nigh,
81:14
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّاۤ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
then shall a soul know what it has produced.
81:15
فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
No! I swear by the slinkers,
81:16
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
the runners, the sinkers,
81:17
وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
by the night swarming,
81:18
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
by the dawn sighing,
81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ
truly this is the word of a noble Messenger
81:20
ذِی قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِی ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِینࣲ
having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure,
81:21
مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِینࣲ
obeyed, moreover trusty.
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ
Your companion is not possessed;
81:23
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِینِ
he truly saw him on the clear horizon;
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَیۡبِ بِضَنِینࣲ
he is not niggardly of the Unseen.
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمࣲ
And it is not the word of an accursed Satan;
81:26
فَأَیۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
where then are you going?
81:27
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ
It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings,
81:28
لِمَن شَاۤءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن یَسۡتَقِیمَ
for whosoever of you who would go straight;
81:29
وَمَا تَشَاۤءُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ
but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being.