At-Takwir

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إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

And when the mountains are removed

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

And when full-term she-camels¹ are neglected

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

And when the wild beasts are gathered

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

And when the seas are filled with flame¹

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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

And when the souls are paired¹

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

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

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

For what sin she was killed

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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

And when the pages¹ are spread [i.e., made public]

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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

And when the sky is stripped away

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

And when Paradise is brought near,

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عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹

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فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

So I swear by the retreating stars -

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ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

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وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

And by the night as it closes in¹

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وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

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ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

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

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مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹

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وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹

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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹

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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

So where are you going?¹

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إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

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