Surah At-Takwir — The Overthrowing
سورة التكوير
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; 81:1
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾
When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); 81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; 81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); 81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾
When the oceans boil over with a swell; 81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); 81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - 81:8
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾
For what crime she was killed; 81:9
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾
When the scrolls are laid open; 81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾
When the world on High is unveiled; 81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾
And when the Garden is brought near;- 81:13
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. 81:14
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 81:15
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾
Go straight, or hide; 81:16
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾
And the Night as it dissipates; 81:17
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- 81:18
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 81:19
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 81:20
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿٢١﴾
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. 81:21
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿٢٢﴾
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; 81:22
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. 81:23
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿٢٤﴾
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 81:24
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿٢٥﴾
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 81:25
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
When whither go ye? 81:26
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 81:27
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: 81:28
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. 81:29