At-Takwir

The Overthrowing — 29 ayahs, Meccan

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

81:1 🔗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

81:2 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

81:3 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are removed

81:4 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

81:5 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

81:6 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas are filled with flame

81:7 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the souls are paired

81:8 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

81:9 🔗

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

For what sin she was killed

81:10 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the pages are made public

81:11 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the sky is stripped away

81:12 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

81:13 🔗

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when Paradise is brought near,

81:14 🔗

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

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

81:15 🔗

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

81:16 🔗

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

81:17 🔗

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

81:18 🔗

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

81:19 🔗

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

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

81:20 🔗

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

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

81:21 🔗

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

81:22 🔗

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

81:23 🔗

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

81:24 🔗

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

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

81:25 🔗

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

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

81:26 🔗

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So where are you going?

81:27 🔗

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

81:28 🔗

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

81:29 🔗

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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