81 - Surah At-Takwir التكوير

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat

And when the mountains are removed

wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat

And when the souls are paired

wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat

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

wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat

For what sin she was killed

bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

And when the pages are made public

wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat

And when the sky is stripped away

wa-idhā l-samāu kushiṭat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

wa-idhā l-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat

And when Paradise is brought near,

wa-idhā l-janatu uz'lifat

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

ʿalimat nafsun mā aḥḍarat

So I swear by the retreating stars -

falā uq'simu bil-khunasi

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

al-jawāri l-kunasi

And by the night as it closes in

wa-al-layli idhā ʿasʿasa

And by the dawn when it breathes

wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā tanaffasa

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin

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

dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhī l-ʿarshi makīnin

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

muṭāʿin thamma amīnin

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

wamā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūnin

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

wamā huwa ʿalā l-ghaybi biḍanīnin

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin

So where are you going?

fa-ayna tadhhabūna

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

liman shāa minkum an yastaqīma

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

wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna