Surah 81 · Meccan · 29 verses

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

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81:1

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81:1
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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81:2
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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81:3
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are removed

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81:4
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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

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81:5
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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

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81:6
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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas are filled with flame

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81:7
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the souls are paired

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81:8
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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

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81:9
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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

For what sin she was killed

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81:10
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the pages are made public

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81:11
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the sky is stripped away

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81:12
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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81:13
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when Paradise is brought near,

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81:14
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

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

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81:15
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

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81:16
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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

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81:17
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

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81:18
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

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81:19
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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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81:20
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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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81:21
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مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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81:22
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

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81:23
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

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81:24
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

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

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81:25
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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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81:26
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So where are you going?

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81:27
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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81:28
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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81:29
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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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