Surah At-Takwir

اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ 1

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْ 2

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُیِّرَتْ 3

And when the mountains are removed

وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ 4

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَاِذَا الْوُحُوْشُ حُشِرَتْ 5

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ 6

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْ 7

And when the souls are paired

وَاِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْ 8

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

بِاَیِّ ذَنْۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ 9

For what sin she was killed

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ 10

And when the pages are spread [i.e., made public]

وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ 11

And when the sky is stripped away

وَاِذَا الْجَحِیْمُ سُعِّرَتْ 12

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَاِذَا الْجَنَّةُ اُزْلِفَتْ 13

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّاۤ اَحْضَرَتْ ۟ؕ 14

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

فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ 15

So I swear by the retreating stars -

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ 16

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَ 17

And by the night as it closes in

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَ 18

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِیْمٍ 19

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

ذِیْ قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِی الْعَرْشِ مَكِیْنٍ 20

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

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِیْنٍ ۟ؕ 21

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُوْنٍ 22

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُبِیْنِ 23

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَی الْغَیْبِ بِضَنِیْنٍ 24

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَیْطٰنٍ رَّجِیْمٍ 25

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

فَاَیْنَ تَذْهَبُوْنَ ۟ؕ 26

So where are you going?

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِیْنَ 27

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَنْ شَآءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ یَّسْتَقِیْمَ ۟ؕ 28

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ 29

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.