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At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

التكوير

1

اِذَا الشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2

وَاِذَا النُّجُوۡمُ انۡكَدَرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing

3

وَاِذَا الۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

4

وَاِذَا الۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

5

وَاِذَا الۡوُحُوۡشُ حُشِرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

6

وَاِذَا الۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

7

وَاِذَا النُّفُوۡسُ زُوِّجَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

8

وَاِذَا الۡمَوۡءٗدَةُ سُئِلَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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

9

بِاَيِّ ذَنۭۡ بٍ قُتِلَتۡۚ‏

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

10

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

And when the pages are made public

11

وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha alssamao kushitat

And when the sky is stripped away

12

وَاِذَا الۡجَحِيۡمُ سُعِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13

وَاِذَا الۡجَنَّةُ اُزۡلِفَتۡࣕۙ‏

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

And when Paradise is brought near

14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٌ مَّا٘ اَحۡضَرَتۡؕ‏

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

15

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِالۡخُنَّسِۙ‏

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

So I swear by the retreating stars

16

الۡجَوَارِ الۡكُنَّسِۙ‏

Aljawari alkunnasi

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

17

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا عَسۡعَسَۙ‏

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

And by the night as it closes in

18

وَالصُّبۡحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ‏

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

And by the dawn when it breathes

19

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۙ‏

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

20

ذِيۡ قُوَّةٍ عِنۡدَ ذِي الۡعَرۡشِ مَكِيۡنٍۙ‏

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

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

21

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيۡنٍؕ‏

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمۡ بِمَجۡنُوۡنٍۚ‏

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

And your companion is not [at all] mad

23

وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡمُبِيۡنِۚ‏

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَي الۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِيۡنٍۚ‏

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

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

25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطٰنٍ رَّجِيۡمٍۙ‏

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

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

26

فَاَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُوۡنَؕ‏

Faayna tathhaboona

So where are you going

27

اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28

لِمَنۡ شَآءَ مِنۡكُمۡ اَنۡ يَّسۡتَقِيۡمَؕ‏

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

29

وَمَا تَشَآءُوۡنَ اِلَّا٘ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَࣖ‏

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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

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