Tafseer Translation

{1} بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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{2} وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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{3} وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are removed

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{4} وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

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{5} وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

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{6} وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas are filled with flame

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{7} وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the souls are paired

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{8} وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

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{9} بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

For what sin she was killed

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{10} وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the pages are made public

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{11} وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the sky is stripped away

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{12} وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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{13} وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when Paradise is brought near,

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{14} عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

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{15} فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

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{16} ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

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{17} وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

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{18} وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

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{19} إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

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{20} ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

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{21} مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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{22} وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

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{23} وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

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{24} وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

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{25} وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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{26} فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So where are you going?

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{27} إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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{28} لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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{29} وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.

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