Al Takwaeer

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.

1 When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

2 And when the stars fall.

2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away;

3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

4 And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

4 When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

5 And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

5 When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

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

6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

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

7 When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

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

8 When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

9 For what sin, was she killed?

9 For what crime she was killed;

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

10 When the scrolls are laid open;

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

11 When the world on High is unveiled;

12 And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

13 And when Paradise is brought near.

13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

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

14 (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

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

15 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

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

16 Go straight, or hide;

17 And by the night as it departs.

17 And the Night as it dissipates;

18 And by the dawn as it brightens.

18 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

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].

19 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

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

20 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

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

21 With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

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

22 And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

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

23 And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

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

24 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

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

25 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

26 Then where are you going?

26 When whither go ye?

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

27 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

28 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

28 (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

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

29 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.