At-Takwīr

81:1 · page 586

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

81:2 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

81:3 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are removed

81:4 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

81:5 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

81:6 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas are filled with flame

81:7 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the souls are paired

81:8 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

81:9 · page 586

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what sin she was killed

81:10 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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

81:11 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the sky is stripped away

81:12 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

81:13 · page 586

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when Paradise is brought near,

81:14 · page 586

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

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

81:15 · page 586

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

81:16 · page 586

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

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

81:17 · page 586

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

81:18 · page 586

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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

81:19 · page 586

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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

81:20 · page 586

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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

81:21 · page 586

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

81:22 · page 586

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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

81:23 · page 586

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

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

81:24 · page 586

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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

81:25 · page 586

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

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

81:26 · page 586

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So where are you going?

81:27 · page 586

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

81:28 · page 586

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

81:29 · page 586

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

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