81. Surah At-Takwir
81:1 إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
81:2 وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
81:3 وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
81:4 وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
81:5 وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
81:6 وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
81:7 وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the souls are paired
81:8 وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
81:9 بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
81:10 وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages are made public
81:11 وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
81:12 وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
81:13 وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
81:14 عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
81:15 فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
81:16 الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
81:17 وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in
81:18 وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
81:19 إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
81:20 ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
81:21 مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
81:22 وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
81:23 وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
81:24 وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
81:25 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
81:26 فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
So where are you going?
81:27 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
81:28 لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
81:29 وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
