إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١

When the sun shall be darkened,

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ ٢

when the stars shall be thrown down,

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣

when the mountains shall be set moving,

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤

when the pregnant camels shall be neglected,

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥

when the savage beasts shall be mustered,

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦

when the seas shall be set boiling,

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧

when the souls shall be coupled,

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨

when the buried infant shall be asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ ٩

for what sin she was slain,

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠

when the scrolls shall be unrolled,

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١

when heaven shall be stripped off;

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢

when Hell shall be set blazing,

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣

when Paradise shall be brought nigh,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤

then shall a soul know what it has produced.

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ ١٥

No! I swear by the slinkers,

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ ١٦

the runners, the sinkers,

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ١٧

by the night swarming,

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

by the dawn sighing,

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ١٩

truly this is the word of a noble Messenger

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ٢٠

having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure,