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At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

Surah 81 · Meccan · 29 ayahs

التكوير
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

    Idhash-shamsu kuwwirat.

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

    Wa idhan-nujūmunkadarat.

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

  3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

    Wa idhal-jibālu suyyirat.

    And when the mountains are removed

  4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

    Wa idhal-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat.

    And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.

  5. وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

    Wa idhal-wuḥūshu ḥushirat.

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

  6. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

    Wa idhal-biḥāru sujjirat.

    And when the seas are filled with flame1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Or "when the seas have overflowed [into each other]."

  7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

    Wa idhan-nufūsu zuwwijat.

    And when the souls are paired1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .

  8. وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

    Wa idhal-mawʾūdatu suʾilat.

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

  9. بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

    Biʾayyi dhanbin qutilat.

    For what sin she was killed

  10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

    Wa idhaṣ-ṣuḥufu nushirat.

    And when the pages1 are spread [i.e., made public]

    Footnotes (1)
    1. On which are recorded the deeds of all people.

  11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

    Wa idhas-samāʾu kushiṭat.

    And when the sky is stripped away

  12. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

    Wa idhal-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat.

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  13. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

    Wa idhal-jannatu uzlifat.

    And when Paradise is brought near,

  14. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

    ʿAlimat nafsum mā aḥḍarat.

    A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., all of one's deeds from worldly life, which have accompanied the soul to the Hereafter.

  15. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

    Falā uqsimu bil-khunnas.

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

  16. ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

    Al-jawāril-kunnas.

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

  17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

    Wal-layli idhā ʿasʿas.

    And by the night as it closes in1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. An alternative meaning is "as it departs."

  18. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

    Waṣ-ṣubḥi idhā tanaffas.

    And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

  19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

    Innahū laqawlu rasūlin karīm.

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

  20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

    Dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhil-ʿarshi makīn.

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

  21. مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

    Muṭāʿin thamma amīn.

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

  22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

    Wa mā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūn.

    And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Literally, "possessed by jinn."

  23. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

    Wa laqad raʾāhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn.

    And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.

  24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

    Wa mā huwa ʿalal-ghaybi biḍanīn.

    And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) did not withhold that knowledge of the unseen which Allāh had revealed to him in the Qur’ān.

  25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

    Wa mā huwa biqawli shayṭānir rajīm.

    And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

  26. فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

    Fa ayna tadhhabūn.

    So where are you going?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. In your denial of the Qur’ān and in your accusations against the Prophet (ﷺ) . The meaning is essentially "Surely, you have strayed far from Allāh's path."

  27. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

    In huwa illā dhikrul lil-ʿālamīn.

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

    Liman shāʾa minkum ay yastaqīm.

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

    Wa mā tashāʾūna illā ay yashāʾallāhu rabbul-ʿālamīn.

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