81. Tekvir · verses 4–18

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

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

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

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

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

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

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

For what crime she was killed;

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

When the scrolls are laid open;

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

Waitha alssamao kushitat

When the world on High is unveiled;

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

And when the Garden is brought near;-

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

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

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Aljawari alkunnasi

Go straight, or hide;

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

And the Night as it dissipates;

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-