Surah Takwir — The Overthrowing

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ 81:1

Itha ashshamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is overthrown,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ 81:2

Wa-itha annujoomu inkadarat

And when the stars fall,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ 81:3

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

And when the hills are moved,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ 81:4

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ 81:5

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ 81:6

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

And when the seas rise,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ 81:7

Wa-itha annufoosu zuwwijat

And when souls are reunited,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ 81:8

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ 81:9

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

For what sin she was slain,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ 81:10

Wa-itha assuhufunushirat

And when the pages are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ 81:11

Wa-itha assamao kushitat

And when the sky is torn away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ 81:12

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

And when hell is lighted,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ 81:13

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ 81:14

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ 81:15

Fala oqsimu bilkhunnas

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ 81:16

Aljawari alkunnas

The stars which rise and set,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ 81:17

Wallayli itha AAasAAas

And the close of night,

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ 81:18

Wassubhi ithatanaffas

And the breath of morning

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ 81:19

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ 81:20

Thee quwwatin AAinda theealAAarshi makeen

Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ 81:21

MutaAAin thamma ameen

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ 81:22

Wama sahibukum bimajnoon

And your comrade is not mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ 81:23

Walaqad raahu bilofuqialmubeen

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ 81:24

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneen

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ 81:25

Wama huwa biqawli shaytaninrajeem

Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ 81:26

Faayna tathhaboon

Whither then go ye?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ 81:27

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameen

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ 81:28

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeem

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ 81:29

Wama tashaoona illa anyashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.