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Surah 81 of 114

التكوير

At-Takwir · The Overthrowing

29 verses · Revealed in Makkah

Present this surah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 81:1

    إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ۝١

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  2. 81:2

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ۝٢

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

  3. 81:3

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ۝٣

    And when the mountains are removed

  4. 81:4

    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ۝٤

    And when full-term she-camels are neglected

  5. 81:5

    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ۝٥

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

  6. 81:6

    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ۝٦

    And when the seas are filled with flame

  7. 81:7

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ۝٧

    And when the souls are paired

  8. 81:8

    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ۝٨

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

  9. 81:9

    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ۝٩

    For what sin she was killed

  10. 81:10

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ۝١٠

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

  11. 81:11

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ۝١١

    And when the sky is stripped away

  12. 81:12

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ۝١٢

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  13. 81:13

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ۝١٣

    And when Paradise is brought near,

  14. 81:14

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ۝١٤

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

  15. 81:15

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ۝١٥

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

  16. 81:16

    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ۝١٦

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

  17. 81:17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ۝١٧

    And by the night as it closes in

  18. 81:18

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ۝١٨

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

  19. 81:19

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ۝١٩

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

  20. 81:20

    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ۝٢٠

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

  21. 81:21

    مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ۝٢١

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

  22. 81:22

    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ۝٢٢

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

  23. 81:23

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ۝٢٣

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

  24. 81:24

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ۝٢٤

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

  25. 81:25

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ۝٢٥

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

  26. 81:26

    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ۝٢٦

    So where are you going?

  27. 81:27

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٧

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  28. 81:28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ۝٢٨

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

  29. 81:29

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٩

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