Surah At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ۝١

When the sun is folded up,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ۝٢

and when the stars lose their light,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ۝٣

and when the mountains are moved,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ۝٤

when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ۝٥

and when all beasts are gathered together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ۝٦

and when the seas are set on fire,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ۝٧

when the souls are divided into different classes,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ۝٨

and when the female infant buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ۝٩

for what sin she was killed,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ۝١٠

when the records of men's deeds are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ۝١١

when the sky is unveiled,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ۝١٢

and when Hell is set ablaze,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ۝١٣

when Paradise is brought close:

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ۝١٤

[then] each soul shall know what it has put forward.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ۝١٥

I swear by the receding stars,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ۝١٦

the planets that run their course and set,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ۝١٧

and the night that falls,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ۝١٨

and the first breath of morning.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝١٩

Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ۝٢٠

endowed with power and held in honour by the Lord of the Throne --

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ۝٢١

who is obeyed there and is worthy of trust.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ۝٢٢

Your companion is not one possessed:

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ۝٢٣

he truly beheld him [the angel] on the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ۝٢٤

He is not avid of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ۝٢٥

Nor is this the word of an outcast devil.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ۝٢٦

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٧

This is merely a reminder to all mankind;

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ۝٢٨

to every one of you who wishes to tread the straight path.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٩

But you cannot will it unless God, the Lord of the Universe, so wills it [to show you that way].