81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ﴿1﴾
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
Surah 81 · Makki
At-Takwir
The Overthrowing · 29 ayat
التكوير
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81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ﴿2﴾
And when the stars fall, dispersing
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ﴿3﴾
And when the mountains are removed
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ﴿4﴾
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ﴿5﴾
And when the wild beasts are gathered
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ﴿6﴾
And when the seas are filled with flame
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ﴿7﴾
And when the souls are paired
81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ﴿8﴾
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
81:9
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ﴿9﴾
For what sin she was killed
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ﴿10﴾
And when the pages are made public
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ﴿11﴾
And when the sky is stripped away
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ﴿12﴾
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ﴿13﴾
And when Paradise is brought near
81:14
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ﴿14﴾
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]
81:15
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ﴿15﴾
So I swear by the retreating stars
81:16
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ﴿16﴾
Those that run [their courses] and disappear
81:17
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ﴿17﴾
And by the night as it closes in
81:18
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ﴿18﴾
And by the dawn when it breathes
81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ﴿19﴾
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
81:20
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ﴿20﴾
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position]
81:21
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ﴿21﴾
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ﴿22﴾
And your companion is not [at all] mad
81:23
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ﴿23﴾
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ﴿24﴾
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ﴿25﴾
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]
81:26
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ﴿26﴾
So where are you going
81:27
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿27﴾
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ﴿28﴾
For whoever wills among you to take a right course
81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ﴿29﴾
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds
Translation
Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.