At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Transliteration: Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha albiharu sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Transliteration: Biayyi thanbin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha alssamao kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Transliteration: Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

And when Paradise is brought near

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Transliteration: AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Transliteration: Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

So I swear by the retreating stars

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Transliteration: Aljawari alkunnasi

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Transliteration: Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Transliteration: Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration: Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Transliteration: Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

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

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Transliteration: MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Transliteration: Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

And your companion is not [at all] mad

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration: Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Transliteration: Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Transliteration: Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Transliteration: Faayna tathhaboona

So where are you going

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration: In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Transliteration: Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration: Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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