بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
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Surah 81 · Meccan · 29 verses
The Overthrowing
سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ
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81:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
And when the mountains are removed
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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
And when the wild beasts are gathered
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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
And when the seas are filled with flame
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
And when the souls are paired
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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ
For what sin she was killed
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
And when the pages are made public
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
And when the sky is stripped away
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
And when Paradise is brought near,
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
So I swear by the retreating stars -
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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it closes in
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the dawn when it breathes
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
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مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ
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 ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.
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