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