At-Takwir — The Overthrowing

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

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

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Al jawaaril kunnas

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

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

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

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

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

Mutaa'in samma ameen

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

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

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Fa ayna tazhaboon

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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

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