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Surah 81 · Meccan · 29 verses

سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

At-Takwir
The Overthrowing
81:1
Arabic
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
English
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
81:2
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
English
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
81:3
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
English
And when the mountains are removed
81:4
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
English
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
81:5
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
English
And when the wild beasts are gathered
81:6
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
English
And when the seas are filled with flame
81:7
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
English
And when the souls are paired
81:8
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
English
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
81:9
Arabic
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ
English
For what sin she was killed
81:10
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
English
And when the pages are made public
81:11
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
English
And when the sky is stripped away
81:12
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
English
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
81:13
Arabic
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
English
And when Paradise is brought near,
81:14
Arabic
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
English
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
81:15
Arabic
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
English
So I swear by the retreating stars -
81:16
Arabic
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
English
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
81:17
Arabic
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
English
And by the night as it closes in
81:18
Arabic
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
English
And by the dawn when it breathes
81:19
Arabic
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
English
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
81:20
Arabic
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ
English
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
81:21
Arabic
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ
English
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
81:22
Arabic
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
English
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
81:23
Arabic
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
English
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
81:24
Arabic
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ
English
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
81:25
Arabic
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ
English
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
81:26
Arabic
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
English
So where are you going?
81:27
Arabic
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
81:28
Arabic
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
English
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
81:29
Arabic
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
English
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.