| 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 honorable 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. |
