At-Takwir · The Overthrowing

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

And when the mountains are removed

wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

And when the wild beasts are gathered

wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾

And when the seas are filled with flame

wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾

And when the souls are paired

wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾

For what sin she was killed

bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

And when the pages are spread [i.e., made public]

wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾

And when the sky is stripped away

wa-idhā l-samāu kushiṭat

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

wa-idhā l-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾

And when Paradise is brought near,

wa-idhā l-janatu uz'lifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

ʿalimat nafsun mā aḥḍarat

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾

So I swear by the retreating stars -

falā uq'simu bil-khunasi

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

al-jawāri l-kunasi

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾

And by the night as it closes in

wa-al-layli idhā ʿasʿasa

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā tanaffasa

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhī l-ʿarshi makīnin

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿٢١﴾

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

muṭāʿin thamma amīnin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿٢٢﴾

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.

wamā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūnin

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.

walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿٢٤﴾

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

wamā huwa ʿalā l-ghaybi biḍanīnin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿٢٥﴾

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

So where are you going?

fa-ayna tadhhabūna

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

liman shāa minkum an yastaqīma

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna