Surah At-Takwir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿1﴾

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is overthrown,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿2﴾

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

And when the stars fall,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

And when the hills are moved,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿4﴾

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿5﴾

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿6﴾

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

And when the seas rise,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿7﴾

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

And when souls are reunited,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿8﴾

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿9﴾

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

For what sin she was slain,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿10﴾

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

And when the pages are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿11﴾

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

And when the sky is torn away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿12﴾

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

And when hell is lighted,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿13﴾

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿14﴾

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿15﴾

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿16﴾

Al jawaaril kunnas

The stars which rise and set,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿17﴾

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

And the close of night,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿18﴾

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

And the breath of morning

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿19﴾

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿20﴾

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿21﴾

Mutaa'in samma ameen

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿22﴾

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

And your comrade is not mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿23﴾

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿24﴾

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿25﴾

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿26﴾

Fa ayna tazhaboon

Whither then go ye?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿27﴾

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿28﴾

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿29﴾

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

And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.