Surah At-Takwir

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81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

'Idhā Ash-Shamsu Kūwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

Wa 'Idhā An-Nujūmu Ankadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

Wa 'Idhā Al-Jibālu Suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

Wa 'Idhā Al-`Ishāru `Uţţilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

Wa 'Idhā Al-Wuĥūshu Ĥushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

Wa 'Idhā Al-Biĥāru Sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

Wa 'Idhā An-Nufūsu Zūwijat

And when the souls are paired

81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

Wa 'Idhā Al-Maw'ūdatu Su'ilat

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

81:9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

Bi'ayyi Dhanbin Qutilat

For what sin she was killed

81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

Wa 'Idhā Aş-Şuĥufu Nushirat

And when the pages are made public

81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

Wa 'Idhā As-Samā'u Kushiţat

And when the sky is stripped away

81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

Wa 'Idhā Al-Jaĥīmu Su``irat

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

Wa 'Idhā Al-Jannatu 'Uzlifat

And when Paradise is brought near,

81:14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

`Alimat Nafsun Mā 'Aĥđarat

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

81:15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

Falā 'Uqsimu Bil-Khunnasi

So I swear by the retreating stars -

81:16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

Al-Jawāri Al-Kunnasi

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

81:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

Wa Al-Layli 'Idhā `As`asa

And by the night as it closes in

81:18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

Wa Aş-Şubĥi 'Idhā Tanaffasa

And by the dawn when it breathes

81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

'Innahu Laqawlu Rasūlin Karīmin

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

81:20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

Dhī Qūwatin `Inda Dhī Al-`Arshi Makīnin

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

81:21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

Muţā`in Thamma 'Amīnin

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

Wa Mā Şāĥibukum Bimajnūnin

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

81:23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

Wa Laqad Ra'āhu Bil-'Ufuqi Al-Mubīni

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

Wa Mā Huwa `Alá Al-Ghaybi Biđanīnin

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

81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

Wa Mā Huwa Biqawli Shayţānin Rajīmin

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

81:26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

Fa'ayna Tadh/habūna

So where are you going?

81:27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

'In Huwa 'Illā Dhikrun Lil`ālamīna

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

Liman Shā'a Minkum 'An Yastaqīma

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

Wa Mā Tashā'ūna 'Illā 'An Yashā'a Al-Lahu Rabbu Al-`Ālamīna

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

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