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Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)

(سورة التَّكۡوِيرِ)
Surah 81 • Category: Meccan • Verses: 29
1

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

English Translation
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
2

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ

English Translation
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
3

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

English Translation
And when the mountains are removed
4

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

English Translation
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
5

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

English Translation
And when the wild beasts are gathered
6

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

English Translation
And when the seas are filled with flame
7

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

English Translation
And when the souls are paired
8

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

English Translation
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
9

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ

English Translation
For what sin she was killed
10

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

English Translation
And when the pages are made public
11

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

English Translation
And when the sky is stripped away
12

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

English Translation
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
13

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

English Translation
And when Paradise is brought near,
14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ

English Translation
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
15

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

English Translation
So I swear by the retreating stars -
16

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

English Translation
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
17

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

English Translation
And by the night as it closes in
18

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

English Translation
And by the dawn when it breathes
19

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

English Translation
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

English Translation
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
21

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

English Translation
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ

English Translation
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
23

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

English Translation
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

English Translation
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

English Translation
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

English Translation
So where are you going?
27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ

English Translation
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
28

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ

English Translation
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
29

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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

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