إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١

When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown).

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is wound round and loses its light

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ ٢

And when the stars shall fall;

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ

And when the stars

انكَدَرَتْ

shall fall

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣

And when the mountains shall made to pass away;

وَإِذَا

And when

الْجِبَالُ

the mountains

سُيِّرَتْ

shall be made to pass away

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤

And when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected;

وَإِذَا

And when

الْعِشَارُ

the pregnant she-camels

عُطِّلَتْ

shall be neglected

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥

And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together;

وَإِذَا

And when

الْوُحُوشُ

the wild beasts

حُشِرَتْ

shall be gathered together

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦

And when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow;

وَإِذَا

And when

الْبِحَارُ

the seas

سُجِّرَتْ

shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧

And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies;

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ

And when the souls

زُوِّجَتْ

shall be joined

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨

And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned.

وَإِذَا

And when

الْمَوْءُودَةُ

the female (infant) buried alive

سُئِلَتْ

shall be questioned

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ ٩

For what sin she was killed?

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ

For what sin

قُتِلَتْ

she was killed

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠

And when the written pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open;

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the written pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١

And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place;

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ

And when the heaven

كُشِطَتْ

shall be stripped off and taken away from its place

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢

And when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze.

وَإِذَا

And when

الْجَحِيمُ

Hell-fire

سُعِّرَتْ

shall be kindled to fierce ablaze

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣

And when Paradise shall be brought near,

وَإِذَا

And when

الْجَنَّةُ

Paradise

أُزْلِفَتْ

shall be brought near

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤

(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ

(Then) every person will know

مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

what he has brought (of good and evil)