Surah 81 · 29 verses · Meccan
سُوْرَةُ التَّكْوِيْرِ
At-Takwir · The Overthrowing
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾
81:1When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾
81:2And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾
81:3And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾
81:4And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾
81:5And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾
81:6And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾
81:7And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾
81:8And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾
81:9For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾
81:10And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾
81:11And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾
81:12And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾
81:13And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾
81:14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾
81:15So I swear by the retreating stars -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾
81:16Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾
81:17And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾
81:18And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾
81:19[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾
81:20[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾
81:21Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٢﴾
81:22And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾
81:23And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
81:24And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿٢٥﴾
81:25And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
81:26So where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
81:27It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾
81:28For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
81:29And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.