وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَت

And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا السَّماءُ كُشِطَت

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا الجَحيمُ سُعِّرَت

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا الجَنَّةُ أُزلِفَت

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَت نَفسٌ ما أَحضَرَت

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

الجَوارِ الكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَاللَّيلِ إِذا عَسعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

وَالصُّبحِ إِذا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُ لَقَولُ رَسولٍ كَريمٍ

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

ذي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي العَرشِ مَكينٍ

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],