Al Takwaeer

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,

1 When the sun is covered,

2 And when the stars fall,

2 And when the stars darken,

3 And when the hills are moved,

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away,

4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

4 And when the camels are left untended,

5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,

5 And when the wild animals are made to go forth,

6 And when the seas rise,

6 And when the seas are set on fire,

7 And when souls are reunited,

7 And when souls are united,

8 And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked

8 And when the female infant buried alive is asked

9 For what sin she was slain,

9 For what sin she was killed,

10 And when the pages are laid open,

10 And when the books are spread,

11 And when the sky is torn away,

11 And when the heaven has its covering removed,

12 And when hell is lighted,

12 And when the hell is kindled up,

13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,

13 And when the garden is brought nigh,

14 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

14 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.

15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

15 But nay! I swear by the stars,

16 The stars which rise and set,

16 That run their course (and) hide themselves,

17 And the close of night,

17 And the night when it departs,

18 And the breath of morning

18 And the morning when it brightens,

19 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

19 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,

20 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

20 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,

21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

21 One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.

22 And your comrade is not mad.

22 And your companion is not gone mad.

23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

23 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.

24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.

24 Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.

25 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

25 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,

26 Whither then go ye ?

26 Whither then will you go?

27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

27 It is naught but a reminder for the nations,

28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

28 For him among you who pleases to go straight.

29 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

29 And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.