At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is put out

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

and when the stars fall down

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

and when the mountains are blown away

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

and when pregnant camels are left untended

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

and when wild beasts are gathered together

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

and when the seas are set on fire

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

for what crime they were put to death

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

and when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

and when Paradise is brought near—

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

I do swear by the receding stars

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

which travel and hide

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

and the night as it falls

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

and the day as it breaks!

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

And your fellow man is not insane.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So what ˹other˺ path would you take?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.