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Surah 81 · Makkan

التكوير

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 181:1

    إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  2. 281:2

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

  3. 381:3

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    And when the mountains are removed

  4. 481:4

    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected

  5. 581:5

    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

  6. 681:6

    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

    And when the seas are filled with flame1

  7. 781:7

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

    And when the souls are paired1

  8. 881:8

    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

  9. 981:9

    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

    For what sin she was killed

  10. 1081:10

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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

  11. 1181:11

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

    And when the sky is stripped away

  12. 1281:12

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  13. 1381:13

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

    And when Paradise is brought near,

  14. 1481:14

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

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

  15. 1581:15

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

  16. 1681:16

    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

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

  17. 1781:17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in1

  18. 1881:18

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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

  19. 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]

  20. 2081:20

    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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

  21. 2181:21

    مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

  22. 2281:22

    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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

  23. 2381:23

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

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

  24. 2481:24

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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

  25. 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].

  26. 2681:26

    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?1

  27. 2781:27

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  28. 2881:28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  29. 2981:29

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

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