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At-Takwīr

English Translation - Saheeh International

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ}

(1) When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

{وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ}

(2) And when the stars fall, dispersing,

{وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ}

(3) And when the mountains are removed

{وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ}

(4) And when full-term she-camels[1865] are neglected

{وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ}

(5) And when the wild beasts are gathered

{وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ}

(6) And when the seas are filled with flame[1866]

{وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ}

(7) And when the souls are paired[1867]

{وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ}

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

{بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ}

(9) For what sin she was killed

{وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ}

(10) And when the pages[1868] are spread [i.e., made public]

{وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ}

(11) And when the sky is stripped away

{وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ}

(12) And when Hellfire is set ablaze

{وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ}

(13) And when Paradise is brought near,

{عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ}

(14) A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].[1869]

{فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ}

(15) So I swear by the retreating stars -

{الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ}

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

{وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ}

(17) And by the night as it closes in[1870]

{وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ}

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

{إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ}

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

{ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ}

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

{مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ}

(21) Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

{وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ}

(22) And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.[1871]

{وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ}

(23) And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.[1872]

{وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ}

(24) And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.[1873]

{وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ}

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

{فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ}

(26) So where are you going?[1874]

{إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ}

(27) It is not except a reminder to the worlds

{لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ}

(28) For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

{وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ}

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

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