Surah At-Takwir

Verse 81:1

اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ۟

ʹIẓash shamsu kuwwirat;

When the sun is put out,

Verse 81:2

وَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓan nujoomuñ kadarat;

and when the stars fall down,

Verse 81:3

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُیِّرَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal jibaalu suyyirat;

and when the mountains are blown away,

Verse 81:4

وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal ʻishaaru ʻuṭṭilat;

and when pregnant camels are left untended,

Verse 81:5

وَاِذَا الْوُحُوْشُ حُشِرَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal wuḥooshu ḥushirat;

and when wild beasts are gathered together,

Verse 81:6

وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal biḥaaru sujjirat;

and when the seas are set on fire,

Verse 81:7

وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓan nufoosu zuwwijat:

and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,

Verse 81:8

وَاِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal mawʹoodatu suʹilat―

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

Verse 81:9

بِاَیِّ ذَنْۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ۟ۚ

Biʹayyi ẓambiñ q̣utilat;

for what crime they were put to death,

Verse 81:10

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓaṣ ṣuḥufu nushirat:

and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open,

Verse 81:11

وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓas samaaaʹu kushiṭat;

and when the sky is stripped away,

Verse 81:12

وَاِذَا الْجَحِیْمُ سُعِّرَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal Jaḥeemu suʻ-ʻirat;

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,

Verse 81:13

وَاِذَا الْجَنَّةُ اُزْلِفَتْ ۟

Wa-ʹiẓal Jannatu ʹuzlifat;

and when Paradise is brought near—

Verse 81:14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّاۤ اَحْضَرَتْ ۟ؕ

ʻAlimat nafsum maaa ʹaḥḍarat.

˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.

Verse 81:15

فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ ۟ۙ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bil-khunnas,

I do swear by the receding stars

Verse 81:16

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ ۟ۙ

ʹAl-jawaaril kunnas;

which travel and hide,

Verse 81:17

وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَ ۟ۙ

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa ʻasʻas;

and the night as it falls

Verse 81:18

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ۟ۙ

Waṣṣubḥi ʹiẓaa tanaffas;―

and the day as it breaks!

Verse 81:19

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِیْمٍ ۟ۙ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awlu Rasooliñ Kareem,

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel,

Verse 81:20

ذِیْ قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِی الْعَرْشِ مَكِیْنٍ ۟ۙ

Ẓee q̣uwwatin ʻiñda Ẓil ʻArshi makeen,

full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,

Verse 81:21

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِیْنٍ ۟ؕ

Muṭaaʻiñ s̤amma ʹAmeen.

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.

Verse 81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُوْنٍ ۟ۚ

Wa-maa Ṣaaḥibukum̃ bimajnoon;

And your fellow man is not insane.

Verse 81:23

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُبِیْنِ ۟ۚ

Wa-laq̣ad raʹaahu bilʹufuq̣il mubeen.

And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,

Verse 81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَی الْغَیْبِ بِضَنِیْنٍ ۟ۚ

Wa-maa huwa ʻalal g̣aybi biḍaneen.

and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.

Verse 81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَیْطٰنٍ رَّجِیْمٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-maa huwa biq̣awli Shayṭaanir rajeem.

And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.

Verse 81:26

فَاَیْنَ تَذْهَبُوْنَ ۟ؕ

Faʹayna taẓhaboon?

So what ˹other˺ path would you take?

Verse 81:27

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟ۙ

ʹIn huwa ʹilla Ẓikrul lilʻaalameen:

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—

Verse 81:28

لِمَنْ شَآءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ یَّسْتَقِیْمَ ۟ؕ

Limañ shaaaʹa miñkum ʹañy yastaq̣eem:

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.

Verse 81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ یَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ ۟۠

Wa-maa tashaaaʹoona ʹillaaa ʹañy yashaaaʹal laahu Rabbul ʻAalameen.

But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.