At-Takwir
{1} إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
{2} وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
{3} وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
{4} وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
{5} وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the wild beasts are herded together (in human habitations);
{6} وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
{25} وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
{26} فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Then whither go ye?
{27} إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
{28} لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
{29} وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills; the Cherisher of the Worlds.
{19} إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
{20} ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
{21} مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
{22} وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ
And (O people)! Your Companion is not one possessed;
{23} وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
{24} وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
{13} وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when the Garden is brought near;
{14} عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
{15} فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So verily I call to witness the Planets, that recede,
{16} الْجَوَارِي الْكُنَّسِ
Go straight, or hide;
{17} وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And the Night as it dissipates;
{18} وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;
{7} وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
{8} وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned,
{9} بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what crime she was killed;
{10} وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the Scrolls are laid open;
{11} وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the World on High is unveiled;
{12} وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;