التكوير

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

Meccan|29 verses

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

And when the stars fall, dispersing

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81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And when the mountains are removed

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81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

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81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

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81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

And when the seas are filled with flame

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81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

And when the souls are paired

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81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

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81:9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

For what sin she was killed

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81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

And when the pages are made public

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81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And when the sky is stripped away

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81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And when Paradise is brought near

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81:14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]

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81:15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars

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81:16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

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81:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

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81:18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

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81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

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

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81:20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

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

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81:21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

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81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

And your companion is not [at all] mad

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81:23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

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81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen

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81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

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

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81:26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

So where are you going

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81:27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

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81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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