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Surah 81 · 29 ayat

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

التكوير

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

MeaningWhen the sun is overthrown,

81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

MeaningAnd when the stars fall,

81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

MeaningAnd when the hills are moved,

81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

MeaningAnd when the camels big with young are abandoned,

81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

MeaningAnd when the wild beasts are herded together,

81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

MeaningAnd when the seas rise,

81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

MeaningAnd when souls are reunited,

81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

MeaningAnd when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

81:9

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

MeaningFor what sin she was slain,

81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

MeaningAnd when the pages are laid open,

81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

MeaningAnd when the sky is torn away,

81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

MeaningAnd when hell is lighted,

81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

MeaningAnd when the Garden is brought nigh,

81:14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Meaning(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

81:15

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

MeaningOh, but I call to witness the planets,

81:16

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

MeaningThe stars which rise and set,

81:17

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

MeaningAnd the close of night,

81:18

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

MeaningAnd the breath of morning

81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

MeaningThat this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

81:20

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

MeaningMighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

81:21

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Meaning(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

MeaningAnd your comrade is not mad.

81:23

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

MeaningSurely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

MeaningAnd he is not avid of the Unseen.

81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

MeaningNor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

81:26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

MeaningWhither then go ye?

81:27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

MeaningThis is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

MeaningUnto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

MeaningAnd ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

Sources & credits

Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.

Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.

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