Surah 81 of 114

Surah At-Takwir

سُورَةُ التَّكْوِيرِ

The Overthrowing · Meccan · 29 ayat · from page 586 of the Madinah muṣḥaf

Also written At-Takwīr.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

    81:1
  2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

    81:2
  3. وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    And when the mountains are removed

    81:3
  4. وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    And when full-term she-camels are neglected

    81:4
  5. وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

    81:5
  6. وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

    And when the seas are filled with flame

    81:6
  7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

    And when the souls are paired

    81:7
  8. وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

    81:8
  9. بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتْ

    For what sin she was killed

    81:9
  10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

    And when the pages are made public

    81:10
  11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

    And when the sky is stripped away

    81:11
  12. وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

    81:12
  13. وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

    And when Paradise is brought near,

    81:13
  14. عَلِمَتْ نَفْسࣱ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

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

    81:14
  15. فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

    81:15
  16. ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

    81:16
  17. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in

    81:17
  18. وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes

    81:18
  19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ

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

    81:19
  20. ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينࣲ

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

    81:20
  21. مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِينࣲ

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

    81:21
  22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونࣲ

    And your companion is not [at all] mad.

    81:22
  23. وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

    81:23
  24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينࣲ

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

    81:24
  25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِيمࣲ

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

    81:25
  26. فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?

    81:26
  27. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرࣱ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

    81:27
  28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

    81:28
  29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

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

    81:29

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