Surah At-Takwir - English Translation by N J Dawood
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
WHEN THE sun ceases to shine
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 1
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
when the stars fall
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 2
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
and the mountains are blown away
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
when camels big with young are left untended
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
and the wild beasts are together herded
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
when the seas are set ablaze
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 6
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
and souls are reunited
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 7
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
when the infant girl,¹ buried alive, is asked
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 8
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
for what crime she was slain
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 9
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
when the records of men‘s deeds are laid open
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 10
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
and heaven is stripped bare
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 11
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
when Hell turns into a Conflagration
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
and Paradise is brought near
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 13
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
then each soul shall learn what it has done
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 14
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
I swear by the turning planets
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 15
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
and by the stars that rise and set
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 16
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
by the night, when it darkens
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 17
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
and the first breath of morning
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 18
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
this is the Word of a messenger gracious and mighty
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 19
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
held in honour by the Lord of the Throne
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 20
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
obeyed, and faithful to his trust
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 21
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
No, your countryman² is not possessed
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 22
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
He saw him³ on the clear horizon
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 23
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
He does not grudge the secrets of the unseen
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 24
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
nor is this the utterance of an accursed demon
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 25
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
Whither then are you going
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 26
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
This is but an Admonition to all mankind
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 27
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
to those among you that have the will to be upright
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 28
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Yet you cannot will, except by the will of God, Lord of the Universe
Surah At-Takwir, Verse 29