Surah At-Takwir: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Transliteration idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat

English When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

1. إِذَاidhāWhen
2. ٱلشَّمْسُl-shamsuthe sun
3. كُوِّرَتْkuwwiratis wrapped up

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat

English And when the stars fall, dispersing,

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلنُّجُومُl-nujūmuthe stars
3. ٱنكَدَرَتْinkadaratfall, losing their luster

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat

English And when the mountains are removed

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
3. سُيِّرَتْsuyyiratare moved away

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat

English And when full-term she-camels are neglected

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْعِشَارُl-ʿishāruthe full-term she-camels
3. عُطِّلَتْʿuṭṭilat(are) left untended

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat

English And when the wild beasts are gathered

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْوُحُوشُl-wuḥūshuthe wild beasts
3. حُشِرَتْḥushiratare gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat

English And when the seas are filled with flame

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْبِحَارُl-biḥāruthe seas
3. سُجِّرَتْsujjiratare made to overflow

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat

English And when the souls are paired

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلنُّفُوسُl-nufūsuthe souls
3. زُوِّجَتْzuwwijatare paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat

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

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُl-mawūdatuthe female infant buried alive
3. سُئِلَتْsu-ilatis asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Transliteration bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

English For what sin she was killed

1. بِأَىِّbi-ayyiFor what
2. ذَنۢبٍۢdhanbinsin
3. قُتِلَتْqutilatshe was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat

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

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلصُّحُفُl-ṣuḥufuthe pages
3. نُشِرَتْnushiratare laid open

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-samāu kushiṭat

English And when the sky is stripped away

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe sky
3. كُشِطَتْkushiṭatis stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat

English And when Hellfire is set ablaze

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْجَحِيمُl-jaḥīmuthe Hellfire
3. سُعِّرَتْsuʿʿiratis set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Transliteration wa-idhā l-janatu uz'lifat

English And when Paradise is brought near,

1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
2. ٱلْجَنَّةُl-janatuParadise
3. أُزْلِفَتْuz'lifatis brought near

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Transliteration ʿalimat nafsun mā aḥḍarat

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

1. عَلِمَتْʿalimatWill know
2. نَفْسٌۭnafsuna soul
3. مَّآmāwhat
4. أَحْضَرَتْaḥḍaratit has brought

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Transliteration falā uq'simu bil-khunasi

English So I swear by the retreating stars -

1. فَلَآfalāBut nay
2. أُقْسِمُuq'simuI swear
3. بِٱلْخُنَّسِbil-khunasiby the retreating planets

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Transliteration al-jawāri l-kunasi

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

1. ٱلْجَوَارِal-jawāriThose that run
2. ٱلْكُنَّسِl-kunasi(and) disappear

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Transliteration wa-al-layli idhā ʿasʿasa

English And by the night as it closes in

1. وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the night
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. عَسْعَسَʿasʿasait departs

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Transliteration wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā tanaffasa

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

1. وَٱلصُّبْحِwal-ṣub'ḥiAnd the dawn
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. تَنَفَّسَtanaffasait breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin

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

1. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, it
2. لَقَوْلُlaqawlu(is) surely a word
3. رَسُولٍۢrasūlin(of) a Messenger
4. كَرِيمٍۢkarīminnoble

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Transliteration dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhī l-ʿarshi makīnin

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

1. ذِىdhīPossessor of
2. قُوَّةٍquwwatinpower
3. عِندَʿindawith
4. ذِىdhī(the) Owner of
5. ٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshithe Throne
6. مَكِينٍۢmakīninsecure

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Transliteration muṭāʿin thamma amīnin

English Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

1. مُّطَاعٍۢmuṭāʿinOne to be obeyed
2. ثَمَّthammaand
3. أَمِينٍۢamīnintrustworthy

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Transliteration wamā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūnin

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

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. صَاحِبُكُمṣāḥibukum(is) your companion
3. بِمَجْنُونٍۢbimajnūninmad

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni

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

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. رَءَاهُraāhuhe saw him
3. بِٱلْأُفُقِbil-ufuqiin the horizon
4. ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe clear

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Transliteration wamā huwa ʿalā l-ghaybi biḍanīnin

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

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. هُوَhuwahe (is)
3. عَلَىʿalāon
4. ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybithe unseen
5. بِضَنِينٍۢbiḍanīnina withholder

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Transliteration wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin

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

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. هُوَhuwait
3. بِقَوْلِbiqawli(is the) word
4. شَيْطَـٰنٍۢshayṭānin(of) Shaitaan
5. رَّجِيمٍۢrajīminaccursed

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Transliteration fa-ayna tadhhabūna

English So where are you going?

1. فَأَيْنَfa-aynaSo where
2. تَذْهَبُونَtadhhabūnaare you going

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

English It is not except a reminder to the worlds

1. إِنْinNot
2. هُوَhuwait
3. إِلَّاillā(is) except
4. ذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa reminder
5. لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Transliteration liman shāa minkum an yastaqīma

English For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

1. لِمَنlimanFor whoever
2. شَآءَshāawills
3. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
4. أَنanto
5. يَسْتَقِيمَyastaqīmatake a straight way

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

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

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. تَشَآءُونَtashāūnayou will
3. إِلَّآillāexcept
4. أَنanthat
5. يَشَآءَyashāawills
6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
7. رَبُّrabbuLord
8. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds