Surah At-Takwir - English Translation by Yusuf Ali Orig
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
                  When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 1
                
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
                  When the stars fall, losing their lustre                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 2
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
                  When the mountains vanish (like a mirage)                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 3
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
                  When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 4
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
                  When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations)                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 5
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
                  When the oceans boil over with a swell                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 6
                
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
                  When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like)                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 7
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
                  When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 8
                
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
                  For what crime she was killed                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 9
                
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
                  When the scrolls are laid open                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 10
                
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
                  When the world on High is unveiled                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 11
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
                  When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 12
                
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
                  And when the Garden is brought near                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 13
                
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
                  (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 14
                
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
                  So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 15
                
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
                  Go straight, or hide                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 16
                
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
                  And the Night as it dissipates                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 17
                
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
                  And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 18
                
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
                  Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 19
                
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
                  Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 20
                
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
                  With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 21
                
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
                  And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 22
                
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
                  And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 23
                
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
                  Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 24
                
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
                  Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 25
                
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
                  When whither go ye                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 26
                
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
                  Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 27
                
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
                  (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 28
                
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
                  But ye shall not will except as God wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds                  
                  Surah At-Takwir, Verse 29