At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

ʹIẓash shamsu kuwwirat;

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓan nujoomuñ kadarat;

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal jibaalu suyyirat;

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal ʻishaaru ʻuṭṭilat;

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal wuḥooshu ḥushirat;

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal biḥaaru sujjirat;

And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓan nufoosu zuwwijat:

And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal mawʹoodatu suʹilat―

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

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Biʹayyi ẓambiñ q̣utilat;

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓaṣ ṣuḥufu nushirat:

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

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓas samaaaʹu kushiṭat;

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal Jaḥeemu suʻ-ʻirat;

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Wa-ʹiẓal Jannatu ʹuzlifat;

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

ʻAlimat nafsum maaa ʹaḥḍarat.

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

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Falaaa ʹuq̣simu bil-khunnas,

So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

ʹAl-jawaaril kunnas;

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

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Wal-Layli ʹiẓaa ʻasʻas;

And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Waṣṣubḥi ʹiẓaa tanaffas;―

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

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

ʹInnahoo laq̣awlu Rasooliñ Kareem,

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

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Ẓee q̣uwwatin ʻiñda Ẓil ʻArshi makeen,

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

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Muṭaaʻiñ s̤amma ʹAmeen.

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Wa-maa Ṣaaḥibukum̃ bimajnoon;

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

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Wa-laq̣ad raʹaahu bilʹufuq̣il mubeen.

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

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Wa-maa huwa ʻalal g̣aybi biḍaneen.

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Wa-maa huwa biq̣awli Shayṭaanir rajeem.

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

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Faʹayna taẓhaboon?

So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

ʹIn huwa ʹilla Ẓikrul lilʻaalameen:

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Limañ shaaaʹa miñkum ʹañy yastaq̣eem:

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wa-maa tashaaaʹoona ʹillaaa ʹañy yashaaaʹal laahu Rabbul ʻAalameen.

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