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Surah 81 · 29 verses · Meccan

سُوْرَةُ التَّكْوِيْرِ

At-Takwir · The Overthrowing

  1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾

    81:1When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

    81:2And when the stars fall, dispersing,

  3. وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

    81:3And when the mountains are removed

  4. وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾

    81:4And when full-term she-camels are neglected

  5. وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

    81:5And when the wild beasts are gathered

  6. وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾

    81:6And when the seas are filled with flame

  7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾

    81:7And when the souls are paired

  8. وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾

    81:8And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

  9. بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾

    81:9For what sin she was killed

  10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

    81:10And when the pages are made public

  11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾

    81:11And when the sky is stripped away

  12. وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

    81:12And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  13. وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾

    81:13And when Paradise is brought near,

  14. عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾

    81:14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

  15. فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾

    81:15So I swear by the retreating stars -

  16. ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾

    81:16Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

  17. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾

    81:17And by the night as it closes in

  18. وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾

    81:18And by the dawn when it breathes

  19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾

    81:19[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

  20. ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

    81:20[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

  21. مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾

    81:21Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

  22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

    81:22And your companion is not [at all] mad.

  23. وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾

    81:23And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

  24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

    81:24And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

  25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

    81:25And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

  26. فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

    81:26So where are you going?

  27. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

    81:27It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾

    81:28For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

    81:29And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.