Surah At-Takwir - English Translation by Abdul Majid Daryabadi
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
                  When the sun shall be wound round                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 1
                
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
                  And when the stars shall dart down                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
                  And when the mountains shall be made to pass away                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 3
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
                  And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 4
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
                  And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 5
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
                  And when the seas shall be filled                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 6
                
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
                  And when the souls he paired                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 7
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
                  And when the girl buried alive shall be asked                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 8
                
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
                  For what sin she was slain                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 9
                
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
                  And when the Writs shall be lain open                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 10
                
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
                  And when the heaven shall be stripped                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 11
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
                  And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 12
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
                  And when the Garden shall be brought nigh                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 13
                
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
                  Then every soul shall know that which it: hath presented                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 14
                
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
                  I swear by the receding stars                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 15
                
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
                  Moving swiftly and hiding themselves                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 16
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
                  And by the night when it departeth                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 17
                
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
                  And by the morning when it shineth forth                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 18
                
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
                  Verily it is a Word brought by a messenger honoured                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 19
                
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
                  Owner of strength, of established dignity with the Lord of the Throne                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 20
                
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
                  Obeyed one there; trustWorthy                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 21
                
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
                  Nor is your companion distracted                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 22
                
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
                  Assuredly he beheld him in the horizon manifest                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 23
                
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
                  And he is of the unseen not a tenacious concealer                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 24
                
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
                  Nor is it the word of a Satan accursed                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 25
                
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
                  Whither then go ye                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 26
                
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
                  This is naught but an Admonition Unto the worlds                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 27
                
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
                  Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 28
                
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
                  And ye shall not will unless it be that Allah, the Lord of the worlds, willeth                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 29