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 folded up,
- 81:2 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ and when the stars fall and scatter,
- 81:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ when the mountains are set moving,
- 81:4 وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ when the pregnant camels are left untended,
- 81:5 وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ and when the wild beasts are gathered together,
- 81:6 وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ and when the seas are set ablaze,
- 81:7 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ and when the souls are paired,
- 81:8 وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ and when the infant girl buried alive is asked
- 81:9 بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ for what sin she was killed,
- 81:10 وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ and when the scrolls are laid open,
- 81:11 وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ and when the sky is stripped away,
- 81:12 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ and when jahim is set ablaze,
- 81:13 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ and when the garden is brought near,
- 81:14 عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ every soul will know what it has brought forth.
- 81:15 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ I swear by the receding stars,
- 81:16 ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ that course and vanish,
- 81:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ and by the night as it draws in,
- 81:18 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ and by the dawn as it breathes,
- 81:19 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ indeed, this is the speech of a noble messenger,
- 81:20 ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ possessing strength, secure in standing before the Lord of the Throne,
- 81:21 مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ obeyed there, and trustworthy.
- 81:22 وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ And your companion is not mad.
- 81:23 وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ And indeed he saw him on the clear horizon.
- 81:24 وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ And he withholds nothing of the unseen.
- 81:25 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ Nor is this the word of an accursed devil.
- 81:26 فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ So where are you going?
- 81:27 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ This is nothing but a reminder for all the worlds.
- 81:28 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ for whoever among you wills to walk straight.
- 81:29 وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ Yet you cannot will it unless God wills — the Lord of all the worlds.
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