Quran

Abdullah Yusuf Ali [En]

[1] When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

[2] When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

[3] When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

[4] When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

[5] When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

[6] When the oceans boil over with a swell;

[7] When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

[8] When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

[9] For what crime she was killed;

[10] When the scrolls are laid open;

[11] When the world on High is unveiled;

[12] When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

[13] And when the Garden is brought near;-

[14] (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

[15] So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

[16] Go straight, or hide;

[17] And the Night as it dissipates;

[18] And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

[19] Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

[20] Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

[21] With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

[22] And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

[23] And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

[24] Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

[25] Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

[26] When whither go ye?

[27] Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

[28] (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

[29] But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.