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التكوير

Surah At-Takwir

Surah At-Takwir (التكوير) is surah 81 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 29 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The Overthrowing”.

  1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ۝١

    81:1When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ۝٢

    81:2And when the stars fall, dispersing

  3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ۝٣

    81:3And when the mountains are removed

  4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ۝٤

    81:4And when full-term she-camels are neglected

  5. وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ۝٥

    81:5And when the wild beasts are gathered

  6. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ۝٦

    81:6And when the seas are filled with flame

  7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ۝٧

    81:7And when the souls are paired

  8. وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ۝٨

    81:8And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

  9. بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ ۝٩

    81:9For what sin she was killed

  10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ۝١٠

    81:10And when the pages are made public

  11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ۝١١

    81:11And when the sky is stripped away

  12. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ۝١٢

    81:12And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  13. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ۝١٣

    81:13And when Paradise is brought near

  14. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ۝١٤

    81:14A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]

  15. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ۝١٥

    81:15So I swear by the retreating stars

  16. ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ۝١٦

    81:16Those that run [their courses] and disappear

  17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ۝١٧

    81:17And by the night as it closes in

  18. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ۝١٨

    81:18And by the dawn when it breathes

  19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ ۝١٩

    81:19[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

  20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينࣲ ۝٢٠

    81:20[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position]

  21. مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِينࣲ ۝٢١

    81:21Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

  22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ ۝٢٢

    81:22And your companion is not [at all] mad

  23. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ۝٢٣

    81:23And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

  24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينࣲ ۝٢٤

    81:24And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen

  25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ رَّجِيمࣲ ۝٢٥

    81:25And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]

  26. فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ۝٢٦

    81:26So where are you going

  27. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٧

    81:27It is not except a reminder to the worlds

  28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ۝٢٨

    81:28For whoever wills among you to take a right course

  29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٢٩

    81:29And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds