Surah At-Takwir
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْۖ١
Iżasy-syamsu kuwwirat.
[1]
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْۖ٢
Wa iżan-nujūmunkadarat.
[2]
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْۖ٣
Wa iżal-jibālu suyyirat.
[3]
And when the mountains are removed
وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْۖ٤
Wa iżal-‘isyāru ‘uṭṭilat.
[4]
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَاِذَا الْوُحُوْشُ حُشِرَتْۖ٥
Wa iżal-wuḥūsy ḥusyirat.
[5]
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْۖ٦
Wa iżal-biḥāru sujjirat.
[6]
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْۖ٧
Wa iżan-nufūsu zuwwijat.
[7]
And when the souls are paired
وَاِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْۖ٨
Wa iżal-mau'ūdatu su'ilat.
[8]
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِاَيِّ ذَنْۢبٍ قُتِلَتْۚ٩
Bi'ayyi żambin qutilat.
[9]
For what sin she was killed
وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْۖ١٠
Wa iżaṣ-ṣuḥufu nusyirat.
[10]
And when the pages are made public
وَاِذَا السَّمَاۤءُ كُشِطَتْۖ١١
Wa iżas-samā'u kusyiṭat.
[11]
And when the sky is stripped away
وَاِذَا الْجَحِيْمُ سُعِّرَتْۖ١٢
Wa iżal-jaḥīmu su‘‘irat.
[12]
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَاِذَا الْجَنَّةُ اُزْلِفَتْۖ١٣
Wa iżal-jannatu uzlifat.
[13]
And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ اَحْضَرَتْۗ١٤
‘Alimat nafsum mā aḥḍarat.
[14]
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِۙ١٥
Falā uqsimu bil-khunnas(i).
[15]
So I swear by the retreating stars -
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِۙ١٦
Al-jawāril-kunnas(i).
[16]
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَۙ١٧
Wal-laili iżā ‘as‘as(a).
[17]
And by the night as it closes in
وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ١٨
Waṣ-ṣubḥi iżā tanaffas(a).
[18]
And by the dawn when it breathes
اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ١٩
Innahū laqaulu rasūlin karīm(in).
[19]
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِيْ قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِى الْعَرْشِ مَكِيْنٍۙ٢٠
Żī quwwatin ‘inda żil-‘arsyi makīn(in).
[20]
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيْنٍۗ٢١
Muṭā‘in ṡamma amīn(in).
[21]
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُوْنٍۚ٢٢
Wa mā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūn(in).
[22]
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُبِيْنِۚ٢٣
Wa laqad ra'āhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn(i).
[23]
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِيْنٍۚ٢٤
Wa mā huwa ‘alal-gaibi biḍanīn(in).
[24]
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطٰنٍ رَّجِيْمٍۚ٢٥
Wa mā huwa biqauli syaiṭānir rajīm(in).
[25]
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَاَيْنَ تَذْهَبُوْنَۗ٢٦
Fa aina tażhabūn(a).
[26]
So where are you going?
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَۙ٢٧
In huwa illā żikrul lil-‘ālamīn(a).
[27]
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَنْ شَاۤءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّسْتَقِيْمَۗ٢٨
Liman syā'a minkum ay yastaqīm(a).
[28]
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَاۤءُوْنَ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ࣖ٢٩
Wa mā tasyā'ūna illā ay yasyā'allāhu rabbul-‘ālamīn(a).
[29]
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.