التكوير

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

Chapter 81·29 Verses·Meccan
1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

And when the stars fall, dispersing

3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And when the mountains are removed

4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

And when the seas are filled with flame

7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

And when the souls are paired

8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

For what sin she was killed

10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

And when the pages are made public

11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And when the sky is stripped away

12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And when Paradise is brought near

14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

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

15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars

16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

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

20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

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

21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

And your companion is not [at all] mad

23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

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

25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

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

26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

So where are you going

27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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

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