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At-Takwir
The Overthrowing29 Verses5 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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81:1
إِذَا
When
the sun
كُوِّرَتۡ
١is wrapped up
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
81:2
وَإِذَا
And when
the stars
fall, losing their luster
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
81:3
وَإِذَا
And when
the mountains
سُيِّرَتۡ
٣are moved away
And when the mountains are removed
81:4
وَإِذَا
And when
the full-term she-camels
عُطِّلَتۡ
٤(are) left untended
And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected
81:5
وَإِذَا
And when
the wild beasts
حُشِرَتۡ
٥are gathered
And when the wild beasts are gathered
81:6
وَإِذَا
And when
the seas
سُجِّرَتۡ
٦are made to overflow
And when the seas are filled with flame1
81:7
وَإِذَا
And when
the souls
زُوِّجَتۡ
٧are paired
And when the souls are paired1
81:8
وَإِذَا
And when
the female infant buried alive
سُئِلَتۡ
٨is asked
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
81:9
بِأَىِّ
For what
ذَنۢب ٍ
sin
she was killed
For what sin she was killed
81:10
وَإِذَا
And when
the pages
نُشِرَتۡ
١٠are laid open
And when the pages1 are spread [i.e., made public]
81:11
وَإِذَا
And when
the sky
كُشِطَتۡ
١١is stripped away
And when the sky is stripped away
81:12
وَإِذَا
And when
the Hellfire
سُعِّرَتۡ
١٢is set ablaze
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
81:13
وَإِذَا
And when
Paradise
أُزۡلِفَتۡ
١٣is brought near
And when Paradise is brought near,
81:14
عَلِمَتۡ
Will know
نَفۡسٌ
a soul
what
أَحۡضَرَتۡ
١٤it has brought
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1
81:15
فَلَآ
But nay
أُقۡ سِمُ
I swear
بِٱ لۡخُنّ َسِ
١٥by the retreating planets
So I swear by the retreating stars -
81:16
ٱلۡجَوَارِ
Those that run
(and) disappear
Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]
81:17
وَٱ لَّيۡلِ
And the night
إِذَا
when
عَسۡعَسَ
١٧it departs
And by the night as it closes in1
81:18
وَٱ ل صُّبۡ حِ
And the dawn
إِذَا
when
تَنَفَّسَ
١٨it breathes
And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]
81:19
إِنّ َهُۥ
Indeed, it
لَقَوۡلُ
(is) surely a word
رَسُولٍ
(of) a Messenger
noble
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]
81:20
ذِى
Possessor of
قُوَّةٍ
power
عِند َ
with
ذِى
(the) Owner of
the Throne
مَكِي نٍ
٢٠secure
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
81:21
مُّطَاعٍ
One to be obeyed
and
أَمِي نٍ
٢١trustworthy
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
81:22
وَمَا
And not
صَاحِبُكُم
(is) your companion
mad
And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1
81:23
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
رَءَاهُ
he saw him
بِٱ لۡأُفُقِ
in the horizon
the clear
And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1
81:24
وَمَا
And not
هُوَ
he (is)
عَلَى
on
the unseen
بِضَنِي نٍ
٢٤a withholder
And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1
81:25
وَمَا
And not
هُوَ
it
بِقَوۡلِ
(is the) word
شَيۡطَـٰ نٍ
(of) Shaitaan
accursed
And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
81:26
فَأَيۡنَ
So where
تَذۡهَبُو نَ
٢٦are you going
So where are you going?1
81:27
إِنۡ
Not
هُوَ
it
إِلَّا
(is) except
ذِكۡرٌ
a reminder
to the worlds
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
81:28
لِمَن
For whoever
wills
مِنك ُمۡ
among you
أَن
to
take a straight way
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
81:29
وَمَا
And not
تَشَا ٓءُونَ
you will
إِلَّآ
except
أَن
that
wills
Allah
رَبُّ
Lord
(of) the worlds
And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.