At-Takwir

Translation by

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

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At-Takwir

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿1﴾

When the sun is put out,

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ ﴿2﴾

and when the stars fall down,

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾

and when the mountains are blown away,

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿4﴾

and when pregnant camels are left untended,1

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿5﴾

and when wild beasts are gathered together,1

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿6﴾

and when the seas are set on fire,1

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿7﴾

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

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿8﴾

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿9﴾

for what crime they were put to death,1

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿10﴾

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

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿11﴾

and when the sky is stripped away,

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿12﴾

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿13﴾

and when Paradise is brought near—

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿14﴾

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

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ ﴿15﴾

I do swear by the receding stars

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ ﴿16﴾

which travel and hide,1

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿17﴾

and the night as it falls

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿18﴾

and the day as it breaks!1

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿19﴾

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

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿20﴾

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

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿21﴾

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿22﴾

And your fellow man1 is not insane.

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ ﴿23﴾

And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,1

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿24﴾

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

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ ﴿25﴾

And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.1

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿26﴾

So what ˹other˺ path would you take?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ ﴿27﴾

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

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿28﴾

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿29﴾

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