Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

81:1 When the sun is put out,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

81:2 and when the stars fall down,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

81:3 and when the mountains are blown away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

81:4 and when pregnant camels are left untended,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

81:5 and when wild beasts are gathered together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

81:6 and when the seas are set on fire,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

81:7 and when the souls [and their bodies] are paired [once more],

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

81:8 and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

81:9 for what crime they were put to death,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

81:10 and when the records [of deeds] are laid open,

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

81:11 and when the sky is stripped away,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

81:12 and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

81:13 and when Paradise is brought near—

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

81:14 [on that Day] each soul will know what [deeds] it has brought along.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

81:15 I do swear by the receding stars

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

81:16 which travel and hide,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

81:17 and the night as it falls

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

81:18 and the day as it breaks!

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

81:19 Indeed, this [Quran] is the Word of [Allah delivered by Gabriel,] a noble messenger-angel,

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

81:20 full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

81:21 obeyed there [in heaven], and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

81:22 And your fellow man is not insane.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

81:23 And he did see that [angel] on the clear horizon,

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

81:24 and he does not withhold [what is revealed to him of] the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

81:25 And this [Quran] is not the word of an outcast devil.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

81:26 So what [other] path would you take?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

81:27 Surely this [Quran] is only a reminder to the whole world—

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

81:28 to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

81:29 But you cannot will [to do so], except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.