Al Takwaeer

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

1 Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

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.

Yusuf Ali

2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Transliteration

2 Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And when the stars fall.

Yusuf Ali

3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Transliteration

3 Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

4 Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Yusuf Ali

6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Transliteration

6 Waitha albiharu sujjirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

7 Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

8 Waitha almawoodatu suilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

9 For what crime she was killed;

Transliteration

9 Biayyi thanbin qutilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 For what sin, was she killed?

Yusuf Ali

10 When the scrolls are laid open;

Transliteration

10 Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

11 When the world on High is unveiled;

Transliteration

11 Waitha alssamao kushitat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Transliteration

12 Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Yusuf Ali

13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

Transliteration

13 Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And when Paradise is brought near.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

15 Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

16 Go straight, or hide;

Transliteration

16 Aljawari alkunnasi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

17 And the Night as it dissipates;

Transliteration

17 Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And by the night as it departs.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

18 Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And by the dawn as it brightens.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

19 Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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].

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

21 MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

22 Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

23 Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

24 Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

25 Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

26 When whither go ye?

Transliteration

26 Faayna tathhaboona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Then where are you going?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

27 In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

28 Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

29 Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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).