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Surah 81 · Makkan
التكوير
At-Takwir
The Overthrowing
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- 181:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
- 281:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
- 381:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
- 481:4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected
- 581:5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
- 681:6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame1
- 781:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the souls are paired1
- 881:8
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
- 981:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
- 1081:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages1 are spread [i.e., made public]
- 1181:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
- 1281:12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
- 1381:13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
- 1481:14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1
- 1581:15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
- 1681:16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]
- 1781:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in1
- 1881:18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]
- 1981:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]
- 2081:20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
- 2181:21
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
- 2281:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1
- 2381:23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1
- 2481:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1
- 2581:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
- 2681:26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
So where are you going?1
- 2781:27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
- 2881:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
- 2981:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.