التكوير

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ﴿1﴾

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ﴿2﴾

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ﴿3﴾

And when the mountains are removed

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ﴿4﴾

And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ﴿5﴾

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ﴿6﴾

And when the seas are filled with flame1

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ﴿7﴾

And when the souls are paired1

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ﴿8﴾

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

Translation: Sahih International

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ﴿9﴾

For what sin she was killed

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ﴿10﴾

And when the pages1 are spread [i.e., made public]

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ﴿11﴾

And when the sky is stripped away

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ﴿12﴾

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

Translation: Sahih International

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ﴿13﴾

And when Paradise is brought near,

Translation: Sahih International

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ﴿14﴾

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1

Translation: Sahih International

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ﴿15﴾

So I swear by the retreating stars -

Translation: Sahih International

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ﴿16﴾

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ﴿17﴾

And by the night as it closes in1

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ﴿18﴾

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

Translation: Sahih International

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ﴿19﴾

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

Translation: Sahih International

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ﴿20﴾

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

Translation: Sahih International

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ﴿21﴾

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

Translation: Sahih International

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ﴿22﴾

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1

Translation: Sahih International

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ﴿23﴾

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1

Translation: Sahih International

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ﴿24﴾

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1

Translation: Sahih International

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ﴿25﴾

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

Translation: Sahih International

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ﴿26﴾

So where are you going?1

Translation: Sahih International

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴿27﴾

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

Translation: Sahih International

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ﴿28﴾

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

Translation: Sahih International

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴿29﴾

And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

Translation: Sahih International