In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 81-1
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; 81-2
When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 81-3
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); 81-4
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; 81-5
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); 81-6
When the oceans boil over with a swell; 81-7
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); 81-8
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - 81-9
For what crime she was killed;
81-10
When the scrolls are laid open; 81-11
When the world on High is unveiled; 81-12
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 81-13
And when the Garden is brought near;- 81-14
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
81-15
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 81-16
Go straight, or hide;
81-17
And the Night as it dissipates; 81-18
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- 81-19
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 81-20
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 81-21
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
81-22
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
81-23
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. 81-24
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 81-25
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 81-26
When whither go ye?
81-27
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 81-28
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
81-29
But ye shall not will except as God wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.