Surah At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ﴿١﴾

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ﴿٢﴾

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ﴿٣﴾

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ﴿٤﴾

Waitha alʿisharu ʿuttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ﴿٥﴾

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ﴿٦﴾

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ﴿٧﴾

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ﴿٨﴾

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ﴿٩﴾

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ﴿١٠﴾

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ﴿١١﴾

Waitha alssamao kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ﴿١٢﴾

Waitha aljaheemu suʿʿirat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ﴿١٣﴾

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

And when Paradise is brought near

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ﴿١٤﴾

ʿalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

So I swear by the retreating stars

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾

Aljawari alkunnasi

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾

Waallayli itha ʿasʿasa

And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ﴿١٩﴾

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ﴿٢٠﴾

Thee quwwatin ʿinda thee alʿarshi makeenin

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

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ﴿٢١﴾

Mutaʿin thamma ameenin

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ﴿٢٢﴾

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

And your companion is not [at all] mad

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ﴿٢٤﴾

Wama huwa ʿala alghaybi bidaneenin

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ﴿٢٥﴾

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

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

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Faayna tathhaboona

So where are you going

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

In huwa illa thikrun lilʿalameena

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alʿalameena

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