Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

When the sun is overthrown,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

And when the stars fall,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

And when the hills are moved,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

And when the seas rise,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

And when souls are reunited,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

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

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime she was killed;

For what sin she was slain,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

When the scrolls are laid open;

And when the pages are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

When the world on High is unveiled;

And when the sky is torn away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

And when hell is lighted,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when the Garden is brought near;-

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Go straight, or hide;

The stars which rise and set,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And the Night as it dissipates;

And the close of night,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

And the breath of morning

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

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

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

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

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

And your comrade is not mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

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

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

When whither go ye?

Whither then go ye?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.

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