Surah At-Takwir

اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْۖ ۝١

Iżasy-syamsu kuwwirot

1. When the sun is rolled up.

وَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْۖ ۝٢

Wa iżan-nujūmunkadarot

2. When the stars are dimmed.

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْۖ ۝٣

Wa iżal-jibālu suyyirot

3. When the mountains are set in motion.

وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْۖ ۝٤

Wa iżal-‘isyāru ‘uṭṭilat

4. When the relationships are suspended.

وَاِذَا الْوُحُوْشُ حُشِرَتْۖ ۝٥

Wa iżal-wuḥūsy ḥusyirot

5. When the beasts are gathered.

وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْۖ ۝٦

Wa iżal-biḥāru sujjirot

6. When the oceans are set aflame.

وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْۖ ۝٧

Wa iżan-nufūsu zuwwijat

7. When the souls are paired.

وَاِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْۖ ۝٨

Wa iżal-mau'ūdatu su'ilat

8. When the girl, buried alive, is asked:

بِاَيِّ ذَنْۢبٍ قُتِلَتْۚ ۝٩

Bi'ayyi żambin qutilat

9. For what crime was she killed?

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْۖ ۝١٠

Wa iżaṣ-ṣuḥufu nusyirot

10. When the records are made public.

وَاِذَا السَّمَاۤءُ كُشِطَتْۖ ۝١١

Wa iżas-samā-u kusyiṭot

11. When the sky is peeled away.

وَاِذَا الْجَحِيْمُ سُعِّرَتْۖ ۝١٢

Wa iżal-jaḥīmu su‘‘irot

12. When the Fire is set ablaze.

وَاِذَا الْجَنَّةُ اُزْلِفَتْۖ ۝١٣

Wa iżal-jannatu uzlifat

13. When Paradise is brought near.

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ اَحْضَرَتْۗ ۝١٤

‘Alimat nafsum mā aḥḍorot

14. Each soul will know what it has readied.

فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِۙ ۝١٥

Falā uqsimu bil-khunnas

15. I swear by the galaxies.

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِۙ ۝١٦

Al-jawāril-kunnas

16. Precisely running their courses.

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَۙ ۝١٧

Wal-laili iżā ‘as‘as

17. And by the night as it recedes.

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ ۝١٨

Waṣ-ṣubḥi iżā tanaffas

18. And by the morn as it breathes.

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ ۝١٩

Innahū laqoulu rosūlin karīm

19. This is the speech of a noble messenger.

ذِيْ قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِى الْعَرْشِ مَكِيْنٍۙ ۝٢٠

Żī quwwatin ‘inda żil-‘arsyi makīn

20. Endowed with power, eminent with the Lord of the Throne.

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيْنٍۗ ۝٢١

Muṭō‘in ṡamma amīn

21. Obeyed and honest.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُوْنٍۚ ۝٢٢

Wa mā ṣōḥibukum bimajnūn

22. Your friend is not possessed.

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُبِيْنِۚ ۝٢٣

Wa laqod ro'āhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn

23. He saw him on the luminous horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِيْنٍۚ ۝٢٤

Wa mā huwa ‘alal-ghoibi biḍonīn

24. And he does not withhold knowledge of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطٰنٍ رَّجِيْمٍۚ ۝٢٥

Wa mā huwa biqouli syaiṭōnir rojīm

25. And it is not the word of an accursed devil.

فَاَيْنَ تَذْهَبُوْنَۗ ۝٢٦

Fa aina tażhabūn

26. So where are you heading?

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَۙ ۝٢٧

In huwa illā żikrul lil-‘ālamīn

27. It is only a Reminder to all mankind.

لِمَنْ شَاۤءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّسْتَقِيْمَۗ ۝٢٨

Liman syā-a minkum ay yastaqīm

28. To whoever of you wills to go straight.

وَمَا تَشَاۤءُوْنَ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ ࣖ ۝٢٩

Wa mā tasyā-ūna illā ay yasyā-allāhu robbul-‘ālamīn

29. But you cannot will, unless Allah wills—the Lord of the Worlds.