At-Takwir

اِذَا الشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡۙ‏ ١

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَاِذَا النُّجُوۡمُ انْكَدَرَتۡۙ‏ ٢

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَاِذَا الۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡۙ‏ ٣

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَاِذَا الۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡۙ‏ ٤

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَاِذَا الۡوُحُوۡشُ حُشِرَتۡۙ‏ ٥

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَاِذَا الۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡۙ‏ ٦

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَاِذَا النُّفُوۡسُ زُوِّجَتۡۙ‏ ٧

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

وَاِذَا الۡمَوۡءٗدَةُ سُٮِٕلَتۡۙ‏ ٨

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

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

بِاَىِّ ذَنۡۢبٍ قُتِلَتۡ​ۚ‏ ٩

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡۙ‏ ١٠

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

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

وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡۙ‏ ١١

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَاِذَا الۡجَحِيۡمُ سُعِّرَتۡۙ‏ ١٢

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَاِذَا الۡجَـنَّةُ اُزۡلِفَتۡۙ‏ ١٣

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٌ مَّاۤ اَحۡضَرَتۡؕ‏ ١٤

Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

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

فَلَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِالۡخُنَّسِۙ‏ ١٥

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

So I swear by the retreating stars -

الۡجَوَارِ الۡكُنَّسِۙ‏ ١٦

Al jawaaril kunnas

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

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا عَسۡعَسَۙ‏ ١٧

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

And by the night as it closes in

وَالصُّبۡحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ‏ ١٨

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

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

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۙ‏ ١٩

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

ذِىۡ قُوَّةٍ عِنۡدَ ذِى الۡعَرۡشِ مَكِيۡنٍۙ‏ ٢٠

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

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

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيۡنٍؕ‏ ٢١

Mutaa'in samma ameen

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَ مَا صَاحِبُكُمۡ بِمَجۡنُوۡنٍ​ۚ‏ ٢٢

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

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

وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡمُبِيۡنِ​ۚ‏ ٢٣

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

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

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِيۡنٍ​ۚ‏ ٢٤

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطٰنٍ رَّجِيۡمٍۙ‏ ٢٥

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

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

فَاَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُوۡنَؕ‏ ٢٦

Fa ayna tazhaboon

So where are you going?

اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏ ٢٧

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَنۡ شَآءَ مِنۡكُمۡ اَنۡ يَّسۡتَقِيۡمَؕ‏ ٢٨

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏ ٢٩

Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

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