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التَّكْوِيرُ

81. Surah At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ١

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ٢

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ٣

And when the mountains are removed

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81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ٤

And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected

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81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ٥

And when the wild beasts are gathered

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81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ٦

And when the seas are filled with flame1

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81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ٧

And when the souls are paired1

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81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ٨

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

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81:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ٩

For what sin she was killed

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81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ١٠

And when the pages1 are spread [i.e., made public]

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81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ١١

And when the sky is stripped away

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81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ١٢

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ١٣

And when Paradise is brought near,

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81:14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ١٤

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1

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81:15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ١٥

So I swear by the retreating stars -

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81:16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ١٦

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

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81:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ١٧

And by the night as it closes in1

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81:18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ١٨

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

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81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ١٩

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

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81:20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ٢٠

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

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81:21
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ٢١

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ٢٢

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1

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81:23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ٢٣

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1

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81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ٢٤

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1

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81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ٢٥

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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81:26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ٢٦

So where are you going?1

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81:27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ٢٧

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ٢٨

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ٢٩

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

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