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Surah At-Takwir التكوير
The Overthrowing. 29 ayahs. Revealed in Makkah.
When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown. Read Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing), 29 ayahs. Arabic, translation, word-by-word meanin
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81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١
When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢
And when the stars fall.
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
81:9
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩
For what sin, was she killed?
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠
And when the (written) pages are laid open.
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣
And when Paradise is brought near.
81:14
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
81:15
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
81:16
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
81:17
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧
And by the night as it departs.
81:18
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨
And by the dawn as it brightens.
81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur’ân brought by) a most honourable messenger .
81:20
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allâh), the Lord of the Throne,
81:21
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
81:23
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him in the clear horizon (towards the east).
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥
And it (the Qur’ân) is not the word of the outcast Shaitân (Satan).
81:26
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦
Then where are you going?
81:27
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧
Verily, this (the Qur’ân) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn)
81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allâh wills - the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
Arabic: King Fahd Complex Hafs text. Translation: Hilali and Khan (QuranEnc.com).