ٱلتَّكْوِير

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

   ١

   Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

   ٢

   Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

   And when the stars fall, dispersing

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

   ٣

   Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

   And when the mountains are removed

4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

   ٤

   Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

   And when full-term she-camels are neglected

5. وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

   ٥

   Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

6. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

   ٦

   Waitha albiharu sujjirat

   And when the seas are filled with flame

7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

   ٧

   Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

   And when the souls are paired

8. وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

   ٨

   Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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

9. بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

   ٩

   Biayyi thanbin qutilat

   For what sin she was killed

10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

    ١٠

    Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

    And when the pages are made public

11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

    ١١

    Waitha alssamao kushitat

    And when the sky is stripped away

12. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

    ١٢

    Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

    ١٣

    Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

    And when Paradise is brought near

14. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

    ١٤

    AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

15. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

    ١٥

    Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

    So I swear by the retreating stars

16. ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

    ١٦

    Aljawari alkunnasi

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear

17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

    ١٧

    Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

    And by the night as it closes in

18. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    ١٨

    Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

    And by the dawn when it breathes

19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

    ١٩

    Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

    ٢٠

    Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

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

21. مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

    ٢١

    MutaAAin thamma ameenin

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

    ٢٢

    Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

    And your companion is not [at all] mad

23. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

    ٢٣

    Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

    ٢٤

    Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

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

25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

    ٢٥

    Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

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

26. فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

    ٢٦

    Faayna tathhaboona

    So where are you going

27. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

    ٢٧

    In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

    ٢٨

    Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course

29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

    ٢٩

    Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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