Surah 81
Surah At-Takwir · The Overthrowing
التكوير
- Meaning
- The Overthrowing
- Ayahs
- 29
- Juz
- 30
- Revealed in
- Makkah
About this surah
At-Takwir means The Folding Up. It paints a picture of the last day, when the sun will be folded up, the stars will fall and the mountains will move. Then it reminds us that the Quran is a true message brought by a noble angel, not something made up. Reading it helps a child feel how great Allah is and how careful we should be with our choices.
Arabic and meaning
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ(1)
When the sun is rolled up.
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ(2)
When the stars are dimmed.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ(3)
When the mountains are set in motion.
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ(4)
When the relationships are suspended.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ(5)
When the beasts are gathered.
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ(6)
When the oceans are set aflame.
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ(7)
When the souls are paired.
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ(8)
When the girl, buried alive, is asked:
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ(9)
For what crime was she killed?
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ(10)
When the records are made public.
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ(11)
When the sky is peeled away.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ(12)
When the Fire is set ablaze.
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ(13)
When Paradise is brought near.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ(14)
Each soul will know what it has readied.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ(15)
I swear by the galaxies.
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ(16)
Precisely running their courses.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ(17)
And by the night as it recedes.
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ(18)
And by the morn as it breathes.
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ(19)
This is the speech of a noble messenger.
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ(20)
Endowed with power, eminent with the Lord of the Throne.
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ(21)
Obeyed and honest.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ(22)
Your friend is not possessed.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ(23)
He saw him on the luminous horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ(24)
And He does not withhold knowledge of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ(25)
And it is not the word of an accursed devil.
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ(26)
So where are you heading?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ(27)
It is only a Reminder to all mankind.
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ(28)
To whoever of you wills to go straight.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ(29)
But you cannot will, unless God wills—The Lord of the Worlds.
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