At-Takwir

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿1﴾

Izash shamsu kuwwirat

81:1When the sun is wound up,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿2﴾

Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

81:2when the stars scatter,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾

Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

81:3when the mountains are set moving,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿4﴾

Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

81:4when the pregnant camels are neglected,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿5﴾

Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

81:5when the wild beasts are mustered,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿6﴾

Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

81:6when the seas are set afire,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿7﴾

Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

81:7when the souls are assorted,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿8﴾

Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

81:8when the girl buried-alive will be asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿9﴾

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

81:9for what sin she was killed.

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿10﴾

Wa izas suhufu nushirat

81:10When the records [of deeds] are unfolded,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿11﴾

Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

81:11when the sky is stripped off,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿12﴾

Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

81:12when hell is set ablaze,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿13﴾

Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

81:13when paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿14﴾

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

81:14then a soul shall know what it has readied [for itself].

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿15﴾

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

81:15So I swear by the stars that return,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿16﴾

Al jawaaril kunnas

81:16the comets,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿17﴾

Wallaili izaa 'as'as

81:17by the night as it approaches,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿18﴾

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

81:18by the dawn as it breathes:

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿19﴾

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

81:19it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿20﴾

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

81:20powerful and eminent with the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿21﴾

Mutaa'in samma ameen

81:21one who is obeyed and is trustworthy as well.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿22﴾

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

81:22Your companion is not crazy:

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿23﴾

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

81:23certainly he saw him on the manifest horizon,

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿24﴾

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

81:24and he is not miserly concerning the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿25﴾

Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

81:25And it is not the speech of an outcast Satan.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿26﴾

Fa ayna tazhaboon

81:26So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿27﴾

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

81:27It is just a reminder for all the nations,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿28﴾

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

81:28for those of you who wish to walk straight;

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿29﴾

Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

81:29but you will not wish unless it is wished by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.