Surah At-TakwirThe Overthrowing

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 81:1

   إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2. 81:2

   وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

   And when the stars fall, dispersing,

3. 81:3

   وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

   And when the mountains are removed

4. 81:4

   وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

   And when full-term she-camels are neglected

5. 81:5

   وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

6. 81:6

   وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

   And when the seas are filled with flame

7. 81:7

   وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

   And when the souls are paired

8. 81:8

   وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

9. 81:9

   بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتۡ

   For what sin she was killed

10. 81:10

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

    And when the pages are made public

11. 81:11

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

    And when the sky is stripped away

12. 81:12

    وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13. 81:13

    وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

    And when Paradise is brought near,

14. 81:14

    عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٌۭ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

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

15. 81:15

    فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

16. 81:16

    ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

17. 81:17

    وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in

18. 81:18

    وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes

19. 81:19

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

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

20. 81:20

    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٍۢ

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

21. 81:21

    مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

22. 81:22

    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٍۢ

    And your companion is not [at all] mad.

23. 81:23

    وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

24. 81:24

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

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

25. 81:25

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

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

26. 81:26

    فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?

27. 81:27

    إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٌۭ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28. 81:28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

29. 81:29

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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