Surah At-Takwir — التكوير
Chapter 81 of the Qur'an · “The Overthrowing” · 29 verses · revealed in Makkah
- 81:1 إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ When the sun is shrouded in darkness,
- 81:2 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ when the stars are dimmed,
- 81:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ when the mountains are set in motion,
- 81:4 وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ when pregnant camels are abandoned,
- 81:5 وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ when wild beasts are herded together,
- 81:6 وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ when the seas boil over,
- 81:7 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ when souls are sorted into classes,
- 81:8 وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ when the baby girl buried alive is asked
- 81:9 بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ for what sin she was killed,
- 81:10 وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ when the records of deeds are spread open,
- 81:11 وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ when the sky is stripped away,
- 81:12 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ when Hell is made to blaze
- 81:13 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ and Paradise brought near:
- 81:14 عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ then every soul will know what it has brought about.
- 81:15 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ I swear by the planets
- 81:16 ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ that recede, move, and hide,
- 81:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ by the night that descends,
- 81:18 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ by the dawn that softly breathes:
- 81:19 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ this is the speech of a noble messenger,
- 81:20 ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ who possesses great strength and is held in honour by the Lord of the Throne––
- 81:21 مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ he is obeyed there and worthy of trust.
- 81:22 وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ Your companion is not mad:
- 81:23 وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ he did see him on the clear horizon.
- 81:24 وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ He does not withhold what is revealed to him from beyond.
- 81:25 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ This is not the word of an outcast devil.
- 81:26 فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ So where are you [people] going?
- 81:27 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ This is a message for all people;
- 81:28 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ for those who wish to take the straight path.
- 81:29 وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ But you will only wish to do so by the will of God, the Lord of all people.
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