Surah At-Takwir سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ1

81:1When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ2

81:2And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ3

81:3And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ4

81:4And when full-term she-camels are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ5

81:5And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ6

81:6And when the seas are filled with flame

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ7

81:7And when the souls are paired

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ8

81:8And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ9

81:9For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ10

81:10And when the pages are made public

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ11

81:11And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ12

81:12And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ13

81:13And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ14

81:14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ15

81:15So I swear by the retreating stars -

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ16

81:16Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ17

81:17And by the night as it closes in

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ18

81:18And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ19

81:19[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ20

81:20[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ21

81:21Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ22

81:22And your companion is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ23

81:23And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ24

81:24And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ25

81:25And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ26

81:26So where are you going?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ27

81:27It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ28

81:28For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ29

81:29And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.