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Surah At-Takwir

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التكوير

The Overthrowing • 29 verses • meccan

Ayah 1Verse 1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Ayah 2Verse 2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

And when the stars fall, dispersing

Ayah 3Verse 3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And when the mountains are removed

Ayah 4Verse 4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

Ayah 5Verse 5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Ayah 6Verse 6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

And when the seas are filled with flame

Ayah 7Verse 7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

And when the souls are paired

Ayah 8Verse 8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

Ayah 9Verse 9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

For what sin she was killed

Ayah 10Verse 10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

And when the pages are made public

Ayah 11Verse 11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And when the sky is stripped away

Ayah 12Verse 12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

Ayah 13Verse 13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And when Paradise is brought near

Ayah 14Verse 14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

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

Ayah 15Verse 15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars

Ayah 16Verse 16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

Ayah 17Verse 17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

Ayah 18Verse 18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

Ayah 19Verse 19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

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

Ayah 20Verse 20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

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

Ayah 21Verse 21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

Ayah 22Verse 22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

And your companion is not [at all] mad

Ayah 23Verse 23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

Ayah 24Verse 24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

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

Ayah 25Verse 25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

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

Ayah 26Verse 26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

So where are you going

Ayah 27Verse 27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

Ayah 28Verse 28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

Ayah 29Verse 29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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