At-Takwir

At-Takwir 81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is overthrown,

At-Takwir 81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

And when the stars fall,

At-Takwir 81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And when the hills are moved,

At-Takwir 81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

At-Takwir 81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

At-Takwir 81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

And when the seas rise,

At-Takwir 81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

And when souls are reunited,

At-Takwir 81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

At-Takwir 81:9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

For what sin she was slain,

At-Takwir 81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

And when the pages are laid open,

At-Takwir 81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And when the sky is torn away,

At-Takwir 81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

And when hell is lighted,

At-Takwir 81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

At-Takwir 81:14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

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

At-Takwir 81:15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

At-Takwir 81:16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

The stars which rise and set,

At-Takwir 81:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And the close of night,

At-Takwir 81:18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the breath of morning

At-Takwir 81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

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

At-Takwir 81:20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

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

At-Takwir 81:21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

At-Takwir 81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

And your comrade is not mad.

At-Takwir 81:23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

At-Takwir 81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

At-Takwir 81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

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

At-Takwir 81:26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

Whither then go ye?

At-Takwir 81:27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

At-Takwir 81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

At-Takwir 81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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