Surah 81: At-Takwir سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ 1

¹When the sun is overthrown,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ 2

²And when the stars fall,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ 3

³And when the hills are moved,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ 4

⁴And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ 5

⁵And when the wild beasts are herded together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ 6

⁶And when the seas rise,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ 7

⁷And when souls are reunited,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ 8

⁸And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ 9

⁹For what sin she was slain,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ 10

¹⁰And when the pages are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ 11

¹¹And when the sky is torn away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ 12

¹²And when hell is lighted,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ 13

¹³And when the Garden is brought nigh,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ 14

¹⁴(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ 15

¹⁵Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ 16

¹⁶The stars which rise and set,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ 17

¹⁷And the close of night,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ 18

¹⁸And the breath of morning

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ 19

¹⁹That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ 20

²⁰Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ 21

²¹(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ 22

²²And your comrade is not mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ 23

²³Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ 24

²⁴And he is not avid of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ 25

²⁵Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ 26

²⁶Whither then go ye?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ 27

²⁷This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ 28

²⁸Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ 29

²⁹And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.