Surah At-Takwir - English Translation by Ali Quli Qarai
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
                  When the sun is wound up                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 1
                
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
                  when the stars scatter                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
                  when the mountains are set moving                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 3
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
                  when the pregnant camels are neglected                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 4
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
                  when the wild beasts are mustered                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 5
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
                  when the seas are set afire                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 6
                
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
                  when the souls are assorted                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 7
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
                  when the girl buried-alive will be asked                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 8
                
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
                  for what sin she was killed                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 9
                
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
                  When the records [of deeds] are unfolded                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 10
                
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
                  when the sky is stripped off                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 11
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
                  when hell is set ablaze                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 12
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
                  when paradise is brought near                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 13
                
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
                  then a soul shall know what it has readied [for itself]                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 14
                
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
                  So I swear by the stars that return                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 15
                
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
                  the comets                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 16
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
                  by the night as it approaches                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 17
                
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
                  by the dawn as it breathes                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 18
                
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
                  it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 19
                
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
                  powerful and eminent with the Lord of the Throne                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 20
                
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
                  one who is obeyed and is trustworthy as well                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 21
                
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
                  Your companion is not crazy                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 22
                
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
                  certainly he saw him on the manifest horizon                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 23
                
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
                  and he is not miserly concerning the Unseen                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 24
                
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
                  And it is not the speech of an outcast Satan                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 25
                
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
                  So where are you going                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 26
                
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
                  It is just a reminder for all the nations                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 27
                
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
                  for those of you who wish to walk straight                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 28
                
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
                  but you will not wish unless it is wished by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 29