The Overthrowing

81 - At-Takwir

سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

  • 81:1
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    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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    وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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    وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    And when the mountains are removed

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    وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    And when full-term she-camels are neglected

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    وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

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    وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

    And when the seas are filled with flame

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    وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

    And when the souls are paired

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    وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

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    بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ

    For what sin she was killed

  • 81:10
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    وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

    And when the pages are made public

  • 81:11
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    وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

    And when the sky is stripped away

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    وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  • 81:13
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    وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

    And when Paradise is brought near,

  • 81:14
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    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ

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

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    فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

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    الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

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    وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in

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    وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes

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    إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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

  • 81:20
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    ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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

  • 81:21
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    مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

  • 81:22
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    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ

    And your companion is not [at all] mad.

  • 81:23
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    وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

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    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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

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    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

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

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    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?

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    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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    لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  • 81:29
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    وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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