At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ١

Itha ashshamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

When the sun will be folded up,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ٢

Wa-itha annujoomu inkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

and when the stars will swoop down,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ٣

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

and when the mountains will be set in motion,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ٤

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

and when the ten-months pregnant she-camels will be abandoned,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ٥

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

and when the wild beasts will be gathered together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ٦

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

and when the seas will be flared up,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ٧

Wa-itha annufoosu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

and when the people will be arranged in categories,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ٨

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

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

and when the girl-child that was buried alive will be asked,

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ٩

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

for what sin she was killed,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ١٠

Wa-itha assuhufunushirat

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

and when the scrolls (of deeds) will be unrolled,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ١١

Wa-itha assamao kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

and when the sky will be stripped off,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ١٢

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

and when the Hell will be set ablaze,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ١٣

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

and when the Paradise will be brought close,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ١٤

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

then everyone will know what he (or she) has put forward.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ١٥

Fala oqsimu bilkhunnas

So I swear by the retreating stars -

So, I swear by those (stars) that recede,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ١٦

Aljawari alkunnas

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

that proceed, that withdraw from the scene,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ١٧

Wallayli itha AAasAAas

And by the night as it closes in

and by the night when it departs,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ١٨

Wassubhi ithatanaffas

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

and the morning when it starts breathing,

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ١٩

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

it (the Qur’ān) is surely the word of a noble messenger (Jibra’īl X),

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ٢٠

Thee quwwatin AAinda theealAAarshi makeen

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

the one possessing power and a high status with the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ٢١

MutaAAin thamma ameen

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

the one obeyed there, trusted.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ٢٢

Wama sahibukum bimajnoon

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

Your companion (Muhammad ) is not a madman,

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ٢٣

Walaqad raahu bilofuqialmubeen

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

and he did see him (Jibra’īl X) on the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ٢٤

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneen

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

And he (the Prophet) is not stingy about (the news of) the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ٢٥

Wama huwa biqawli shaytaninrajeem

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

Nor is it the word of an outcast satan (devil).

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ٢٦

Faayna tathhaboon

So where are you going?

Then where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ٢٧

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameen

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

It is nothing else but a message of advice for all the worlds,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ٢٨

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeem

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

for the benefit of any one from among you who intends to go straight.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ٢٩

Wama tashaoona illa anyashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

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

And you cannot intend (to do anything) unless it is so willed by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.