At-Takwir

اِذَا الشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡۙ‏

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَاِذَا النُّجُوۡمُ انْكَدَرَتۡۙ‏

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَاِذَا الۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡۙ‏

And when the mountains are removed

وَاِذَا الۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡۙ‏

And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected

وَاِذَا الۡوُحُوۡشُ حُشِرَتۡۙ‏

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَاِذَا الۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡۙ‏

And when the seas are filled with flame1

وَاِذَا النُّفُوۡسُ زُوِّجَتۡۙ‏

And when the souls are paired1

وَاِذَا الۡمَوۡءٗدَةُ سُٮِٕلَتۡۙ‏

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

بِاَىِّ ذَنۡۢبٍ قُتِلَتۡ​ۚ‏

For what sin she was killed

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡۙ‏

And when the pages1 are spread [i.e., made public]

وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡۙ‏

And when the sky is stripped away

وَاِذَا الۡجَحِيۡمُ سُعِّرَتۡۙ‏

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَاِذَا الۡجَـنَّةُ اُزۡلِفَتۡۙ‏

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٌ مَّاۤ اَحۡضَرَتۡؕ‏

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1

فَلَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِالۡخُنَّسِۙ‏

So I swear by the retreating stars -

الۡجَوَارِ الۡكُنَّسِۙ‏

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

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا عَسۡعَسَۙ‏

And by the night as it closes in1

وَالصُّبۡحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ‏

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

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۙ‏

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

ذِىۡ قُوَّةٍ عِنۡدَ ذِى الۡعَرۡشِ مَكِيۡنٍۙ‏

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

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيۡنٍؕ‏

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَ مَا صَاحِبُكُمۡ بِمَجۡنُوۡنٍ​ۚ‏

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1

وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡمُبِيۡنِ​ۚ‏

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِيۡنٍ​ۚ‏

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطٰنٍ رَّجِيۡمٍۙ‏

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

فَاَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُوۡنَؕ‏

So where are you going?1

اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَنۡ شَآءَ مِنۡكُمۡ اَنۡ يَّسۡتَقِيۡمَؕ‏

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏

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