Quran Chapter 81: Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing) English Translation

(81:1) When the sun shall be folded up, (81:2) when the stars shall scatter away, (81:3) when the mountains shall be set in motion, (81:4) when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned, (81:5) when the savage beasts shall be brought together, (81:6) when the seas shall be set boiling, (81:7) when the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies), (81:8) and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked: (81:9) for what offence was she killed? (81:10) and when the scrolls of (men's) deeds shall be unfolded, (81:11) and when Heaven is laid bare; (81:12) and Hell is stoked, (81:13) and Paradise brought nigh: (81:14) then shall each person know what he has brought along. (81:15) No indeed; I swear by the alternating stars (81:16) that hide, (81:17) and by the night as it recedes, (81:18) and the morn as it breathes. (81:19) Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer; (81:20) one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; (81:21) there he is obeyed and held trustworthy. (81:22) (O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad; (81:23) he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon; (81:24) nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen; (81:25) nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. (81:26) Where to are you then heading? (81:27) It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, (81:28) for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; (81:29) but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes.