Surah At-Takwir التكوير

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

Idhash-shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

Wa idhan-nujūmunkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa idhal-jibālu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

Wa idhal-'ishāru 'uttilat

And when full-term she-camels¹⁸⁶⁵ are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

Wa idhal-wuhūshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

Wa idhal-bihāru sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame¹⁸⁶⁶

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

Wa idhan-nufūsu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired¹⁸⁶⁷

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

Wa idhal-maw'ūdatu su'ilat

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

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

Bi ayyi dhambin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

Wa idhas-suhufu nushirat

And when the pages¹⁸⁶⁸ are spread [i.e., made public]

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

Wa idhas-samā'u kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

Wa idhal-jahīmu su''irat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

Wa idhal-jannatu uzlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

'Alimat nafsum mā ahdarat

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹⁸⁶⁹

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

Falā uqsimu bil-khunnas

So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

Al-jawāril-kunnas

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

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

Wallayli idhā 'as'as

And by the night as it closes in¹⁸⁷⁰

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

Was-subhi idhā tanaffas

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

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm

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

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

Dhī quwwatin 'inda dhil-'arshi makīn

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

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

Mmutā'in thamma amīn

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

Wamā sāhibukum bimajnūn

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹⁸⁷¹

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

Walaqad ra'āhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹⁸⁷²

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

Wamā huwa 'alal-ghaybi bidanīn

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹⁸⁷³

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

Wamā huwa biqawli shaytānir rajīm

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

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

Fa ayna tadhhabūn

So where are you going?¹⁸⁷⁴

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

In huwa illā dhikrul lil-'ālamīn

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

Liman shā'a minkum an yastaqīm

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

Wamā tashā'ūna illā an yashā'allāhu rabbul-'ālamīn

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