التكوير

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١

Idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is shrouded in darkness,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ٢

Wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat

When the stars are dimmed,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣

Wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat

When the mountains are set in motion,

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤

Wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat

When pregnant camels are abandoned,

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥

Wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat

When wild beasts are herded together,

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦

Wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat

When the seas boil over,

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧

Wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat

When souls are sorted into classes,

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨

Wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat

When the baby girl buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ٩

Bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

For what sin she was killed,

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠

Wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat

When the records of deeds are spread open,