Surah At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

1When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

2And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

3And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

4And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

5And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

6And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

7And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

8And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

9For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

10And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

11And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

12And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

13And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

15So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾

Al jawaaril kunnas

16Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

17And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

18And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

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

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿٢١﴾

Mutaa'in samma ameen

21Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿٢٢﴾

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

22And your companion is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

23And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿٢٤﴾

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

24And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿٢٥﴾

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

25And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Fa ayna tazhaboon

26So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

27It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

28For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

29And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.