Al-Mukhtasar · Tafsir · in English
التكوير
At-Takwir
The Overthrowing · Meccan · 29 ayahs
When the mass of the sun is gathered and its light vanishes.
When the stars fall one after the other and their light is taken away.
When the mountains are moved from their places.
When pregnant she-camels, which were their most valuable wealth, are neglected by being abandoned by their owners.
When wild animals are gathered with human beings on one plain.
When the seas are lit until they become a fire.
When souls are joined with their likeness. A sinner will be joined with a sinner and a pious person will be joined with a pious person.
When the girl buried alive is asked by Allah.
For what crime were you killed by the person who killed you?
When the servants’ books of deeds are spread open, so that each person can read his book of deeds.
When the sky is stripped like how the skin is stripped away from a sheep.
When the Fire is lit.
When Paradise is brought near to those who are Mindful.
81:14Page 586
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1
When that occurs, every soul will know what actions it sent forward for that day.
Allah took an oath by the stars that are hidden until they emerge at night.
That run in their orbits and disappear when dawn rises, like a gazelle that goes into its den i.e. its home.
He took an oath by the first part of the night when it approaches, and the last part when it recedes.
He took an oath by the morning when its light emerges.
81:19Page 586
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩
[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]
The Qur’ān that is revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) is Allah’s speech that was conveyed by a trusted angel, Gabriel (peace be upon him), whom Allah entrusted it to.
81:20Page 586
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
One who possess strength and great rank in the sight of the Lord of the Throne, may He be glorified.
He is obeyed by the inhabitants of the heavens and trusted in the revelation that he conveys.
81:22Page 586
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢
And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1
Muhammad (peace be upon him), who is in your company and whose intellect, trustworthiness and truthfulness you know, is not insane as you slanderously claim.
81:23Page 586
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣
And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1
Your companion had seen Gabriel in the form that he was created in the clear horizon of the sky.
81:24Page 586
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤
And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1
Your companion is not miserly with you by not conveying what he was instructed to convey to you, nor does he take any reward like how fortune-tellers take.
81:25Page 586
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥
And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
This Qur’ān is not the speech of a satan distanced from Allah’s mercy.
So which path will you tread to deny that it is from Allah after all these evidence?!
The Qur’ān is only a reminder and counsel to the jinn and mankind.
81:28Page 586
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
For those of you who wish to be steadfast on the path of truth.
81:29Page 586
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩
And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.
You can only will to remain steadfast or do anything else if Allah, the Lord of all created things, wills that.
Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences