At-Takwir التكوير

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim idha ash-shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

wa-idha an-nujum uankadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

wa-idha al-jibal suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

wa-idha al-'ishar 'uttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

wa-idha al-wuhush hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

wa-idha al-biharu sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

wa-idha an-nufus zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

wa-idha al-maw'udatu su'ilat

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

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

bi-ayyi dhanb qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

wa-idha as-suhuf nushirat

And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

wa-itha as-sama' kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

wa-idha al-jahim su''irat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

wa-idha al-jannatu uzlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

'alimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

fa-la uqsimu bil-khunnas

So I swear by the retreating stars -

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

al-jawari al-kunnas

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

wal-layl idha 'as'as

And by the night as it closes in

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

was-subhi idha tanaffas

And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

innahu la-qawl rasul karim

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

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

dhi quwwatin 'inda dhi al-'arsh makin

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

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

muta'in thamma amin

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

wa-ma sahibukum bi-majnun

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

wa-laqad ra'ahu bil-ufuq al-mubin

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

wa ma huwa 'ala al-ghayb bi-danin

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

wa ma huwa bi-qawl shaytan rajim

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

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

fa-ayna tadhhabun

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

in huwa illa dhikr lil-'alamin

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

liman sha'a minkum an yastaqim

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

wa ma tasha'un illa an yasha'a Allah rabb al-'alamin

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