- When the sun is overturned
- When the stars fall away
- When the mountains are moved
- When the ten-month pregnant camels are abandoned
- When the beasts of the wild are herded together
- When the seas are boiled over
- When the souls are coupled
- When the girl-child buried alive
- is asked what she did to deserve to be murdered
- When the pages are folded out
- When the sky is flayed open
- When Jahim is set ablaze
- When the garden is brought near
- Then a soul will know what it has prepared
- I swear by the stars that slide,
- stars streaming, stars that sweep along the sky
- By the night as it slips away
- By the morning when the fragrant air breathes
- This is the word of a messenger ennobled,
- empowered, ordained before the lord of the throne,
- holding sway there, keeping trust
- Your friend has not gone mad
- He saw him on the horizon clear
- He does not hoard for himself the unseen
- This is not the word of a satan struck with stones
- Where are you going?
- This is a reminder to all beings
- For those who wish to walk straight
- Your only will is the will of God
- lord of all beings
Sura 81, trans. Michael Sells