আত্ তাকভীর (গুটিয়ে নিয়ে আলোহীন করা)

1 Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

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

2 Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

3 Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

4 Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

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

5 Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

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

6 Waitha albiharu sujjirat

6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

7 Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

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

8 Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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

9 Biayyi thanbin qutilat

9 For what crime she was killed;

10 Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

10 When the scrolls are laid open;

11 Waitha alssamao kushitat

11 When the world on High is unveiled;

12 Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

13 Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

14 AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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

15 Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

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

16 Aljawari alkunnasi

16 Go straight, or hide;

17 Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

17 And the Night as it dissipates;

18 Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

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

19 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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

20 Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

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

21 MutaAAin thamma ameenin

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

22 Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

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

23 Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

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

24 Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

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

25 Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

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

26 Faayna tathhaboona

26 When whither go ye?

27 In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

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

28 Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

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

29 Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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