At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١

When the sun is put out

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ٢

and when the stars fall down

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣

and when the mountains are blown away

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤

and when pregnant camels are left untended

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥

and when wild beasts are gathered together

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦

and when the seas are set on fire

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧

and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ٩

for what crime they were put to death

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠

and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١

and when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣

and when Paradise is brought near—

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤

˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ١٥

I do swear by the receding stars

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ١٦

which travel and hide

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ١٧

and the night as it falls

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

and the day as it breaks

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ١٩

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ٢٠

full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ٢١

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ٢٢

And your fellow man is not insane

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢٣

And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ٢٤

and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ٢٥

And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ٢٦

So what ˹other˺ path would you take

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ٢٨

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds