Surah At-Takwirالتكوير
The Overthrowing · 29 verses · Meccan
At-Takwir (التكوير): full text and translation
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إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾
81:1 When the sun (With its spacious light) Is folded up;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾
81:2 When the stars Fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾
81:3 When the mountains vanish (Like a mirage);
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾
81:4 When the she-camels, Ten months with young, Are left untended;
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾
81:5 When the wild beasts Are herded together (In human habitations);
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾
81:6 When the oceans Boil over with a swell;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾
81:7 When the souls Are sorted out, (Being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾
81:8 When the female (infant), Buried alive, is questioned—
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾
81:9 For what crime She was killed;
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾
81:10 When the Scrolls Are laid open;
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾
81:11 When the World on High Is unveiled;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾
81:12 When the Blazing Fire Is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾
81:13 And when the Garden Is brought near;—
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾
81:14 (Then) shall each soul know What it has put forward.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾
81:15 So verily I call To witness the Planets— That recede,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾
81:16 Go straight, or hide;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾
81:17 And the Night As it dissipates;
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾
81:18 And the Dawn As it breathes away The darkness;—
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾
81:19 Verily this is the word Of a most honourable Messenger,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾
81:20 Endued with Power, With rank before The Lord of the Throne,
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾
81:21 With authority there, (And) faithful to his trust.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٢﴾
81:22 And (O people!) Your Companion is not One possessed;
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾
81:23 And without doubt he saw him In the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
81:24 Neither doth he withhold Grudgingly a knowledge Of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿٢٥﴾
81:25 Nor is it the word Of an evil spirit accursed!
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
81:26 When whither go ye?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
81:27 Verily this is no less Than a Message To (all) the Worlds:
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾
81:28 (With profit) to whoever Among you wills To go straight:
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
81:29 But ye shall not will Except as God wills,— The Cherisher of the Worlds.