At-Takwir

Sahih International

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

When the sun is overthrown,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Sahih International

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ

Sahih International

And when the mountains are removed

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Sahih International

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Sahih International

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Sahih International

And when the seas are filled with flame

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Sahih International

And when the souls are paired

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Sahih International

For what sin she was killed

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Sahih International

And when the pages are made public

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Sahih International

And when the sky is stripped away

Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Sahih International

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Sahih International

And when Paradise is brought near,

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near;-

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ

Sahih International

So I swear by the retreating stars -

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Sahih International

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Sahih International

And by the night as it closes in

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Sahih International

And by the dawn when it breathes

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Sahih International

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Sahih International

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Sahih International

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Sahih International

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Sahih International

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Pickthall

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Sahih International

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

Sahih International

So where are you going?

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

Pickthall

Whither then go ye?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Sahih International

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ

Sahih International

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ