1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
﴿1﴾
81:1
When the sun is put out,
Chapter 81
Meccan
81
At-Takwir
التكوير
The Opening
Verses
29
Revealed in
Mecca
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed one
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
﴿2﴾
81:2
and when the stars fall down,
3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
﴿3﴾
81:3
and when the mountains are blown away,
4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
﴿4﴾
81:4
and when pregnant camels are left untended,1
5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
﴿5﴾
81:5
and when wild beasts are gathered together,1
6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
﴿6﴾
81:6
and when the seas are set on fire,1
7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
﴿7﴾
81:7
and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
﴿8﴾
81:8
and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked
9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ
﴿9﴾
81:9
for what crime they were put to death,1
10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
﴿10﴾
81:10
and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open,
11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
﴿11﴾
81:11
and when the sky is stripped away,
12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
﴿12﴾
81:12
and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,
13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
﴿13﴾
81:13
and when Paradise is brought near—
14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
﴿14﴾
81:14
˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.
15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
﴿15﴾
81:15
I do swear by the receding stars
16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
﴿16﴾
81:16
which travel and hide,1
17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
﴿17﴾
81:17
and the night as it falls
18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
﴿18﴾
81:18
and the day as it breaks!1
19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
﴿19﴾
81:19
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel,
20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ
﴿20﴾
81:20
full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,
21
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ
﴿21﴾
81:21
obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.
22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
﴿22﴾
81:22
And your fellow man1 is not insane.
23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
﴿23﴾
81:23
And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,1
24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ
﴿24﴾
81:24
and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.
25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ
﴿25﴾
81:25
And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.1
26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
﴿26﴾
81:26
So what ˹other˺ path would you take?
27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
﴿27﴾
81:27
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—
28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
﴿28﴾
81:28
to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.
29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
﴿29﴾
81:29
But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.
