Al Takwaeer

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

1 Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And when the stars fall.

Pickthall

2 And when the stars fall,

Transliteration

2 Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Pickthall

3 And when the hills are moved,

Transliteration

3 Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Pickthall

4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Transliteration

4 Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Pickthall

5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Transliteration

5 Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.

Pickthall

6 And when the seas rise,

Transliteration

6 Waitha albiharu sujjirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).

Pickthall

7 And when souls are reunited,

Transliteration

7 Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

8 Waitha almawoodatu suilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 For what sin, was she killed?

Pickthall

9 For what sin she was slain,

Transliteration

9 Biayyi thanbin qutilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.

Pickthall

10 And when the pages are laid open,

Transliteration

10 Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;

Pickthall

11 And when the sky is torn away,

Transliteration

11 Waitha alssamao kushitat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Pickthall

12 And when hell is lighted,

Transliteration

12 Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And when Paradise is brought near.

Pickthall

13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Transliteration

13 Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 (Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

14 AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).

Pickthall

15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Transliteration

15 Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.

Pickthall

16 The stars which rise and set,

Transliteration

16 Aljawari alkunnasi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And by the night as it departs.

Pickthall

17 And the close of night,

Transliteration

17 Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And by the dawn as it brightens.

Pickthall

18 And the breath of morning

Transliteration

18 Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

19 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

20 Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.

Pickthall

21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Transliteration

21 MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.

Pickthall

22 And your comrade is not mad.

Transliteration

22 Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).

Pickthall

23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Transliteration

23 Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.

Pickthall

24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Transliteration

24 Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

25 Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Then where are you going?

Pickthall

26 Whither then go ye ?

Transliteration

26 Faayna tathhaboona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)

Pickthall

27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Transliteration

27 In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Pickthall

28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Transliteration

28 Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

29 Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena