At-Takwir

81:1–14Page 586

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

And when the mountains are removed

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

And when full-term she-camels¹ are neglected

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

And when the wild beasts are gathered

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

And when the seas are filled with flame¹

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

And when the souls are paired¹

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

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

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

For what sin she was killed

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

And when the pages¹ are spread [i.e., made public]

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].¹

81:15Page 586

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

So I swear by the retreating stars -

81:16–21Page 586

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

And by the night as it closes in¹

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

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

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

81:22Page 586

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹

81:23–25Page 586

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

So where are you going?¹

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

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