Al-Quran/Surah 81

التكوير

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing · 29 Ayahs · Meccan

AbasaAl-Infitaar

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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81:1

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is rolled up.
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81:2

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ

When the stars are dimmed.
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81:3

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

When the mountains are set in motion.
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81:4

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

When the relationships are suspended.
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81:5

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

When the beasts are gathered.
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81:6

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

When the oceans are set aflame.
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81:7

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

When the souls are paired.
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81:8

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

When the girl, buried alive, is asked:
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81:9

بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime was she killed?
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81:10

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

When the records are made public.
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81:11

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

When the sky is peeled away.
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81:12

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

When the Fire is set ablaze.
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81:13

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

When Paradise is brought near.
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81:14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ

Each soul will know what it has readied.
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81:15

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

I swear by the galaxies.
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81:16

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Precisely running their courses.
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81:17

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it recedes.
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81:18

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the morn as it breathes.
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81:19

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

This is the speech of a noble messenger.
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81:20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Endowed with power, eminent with the Lord of the Throne.
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81:21

مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Obeyed and honest.
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81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Your friend is not possessed.
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81:23

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

He saw him on the luminous horizon.
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81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

And He does not withhold knowledge of the Unseen.
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81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ

And it is not the word of an accursed devil.
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81:26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So where are you heading?
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81:27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ

It is only a Reminder to all mankind.
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81:28

لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ

To whoever of you wills to go straight.
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81:29

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

But you cannot will, unless God wills—The Lord of the Worlds.