Surah 81 · Meccan · 29 verses
سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ
At-Takwir
The Overthrowing
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ١
81:1When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ٢
81:2And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ٣
81:3And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ٤
81:4And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ٥
81:5And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ٦
81:6And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ٧
81:7And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ٨
81:8And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ٩
81:9For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ١٠
81:10And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ١١
81:11And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ١٢
81:12And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ١٣
81:13And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ١٤
81:14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ١٥
81:15So I swear by the retreating stars -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ١٦
81:16Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ١٧
81:17And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ١٨
81:18And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ١٩
81:19[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ٢٠
81:20[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ٢١
81:21Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ٢٢
81:22And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ٢٣
81:23And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ٢٤
81:24And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ٢٥
81:25And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ٢٦
81:26So where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ٢٧
81:27It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ٢٨
81:28For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٢٩
81:29And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
Source & authenticity · Arabic: Uthmānī text from the Tanzil Project (tanzil.net) · Translation: Saheeh International.