At-Takwir

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

When the sun is wound up,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

when the stars scatter,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

when the mountains are set moving,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

when the pregnant camels are neglected,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

when the wild beasts are mustered,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

when the seas are set afire,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

when the souls are assorted,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

when the girl buried-alive will be asked

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

for what sin she was killed.

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

When the records [of deeds] are unfolded,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

when the sky is stripped off,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

when hell is set ablaze,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

when paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

then a soul shall know what it has readied [for itself].

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

So I swear by the stars that return,

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

the comets,

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

by the night as it approaches,

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

by the dawn as it breathes:

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle,

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

powerful and eminent with the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

one who is obeyed and is trustworthy as well.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

Your companion is not crazy:

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

certainly he saw him on the manifest horizon,

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

and he is not miserly concerning the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

And it is not the speech of an outcast Satan.

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

So where are you going?

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

It is just a reminder for all the nations,

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

for those of you who wish to walk straight;

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

but you will not wish unless it is wished by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.