Surah At-Takwir (سورة At-Takwir)

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Surah At-Takwir (Arabic: سورة At-Takwir, "The Overthrowing") is the 81 chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, containing 29 verses (ayahs). It is classified as a Meccan Surah, meaning it is historically understood to have been revealed during the Meccan Period (610–622 CE) of the prophecy.

Introduction

Surah At-Takwir ("The Overthrowing") is chapter 81 of 114 in the Qur'an. The full Arabic text, English translation and transliteration of all 29 verses are given below, with verse-by-verse Tafsir available on each ayah.

Text and Translation

Verse 81:1

اِذَا الشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Verse 81:2

وَاِذَا النُّجُوۡمُ انۡكَدَرَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat

And when the stars fall, dispersing

Verse 81:3

وَاِذَا الۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat

And when the mountains are removed

Verse 81:4

وَاِذَا الۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

Verse 81:5

وَاِذَا الۡوُحُوۡشُ حُشِرَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Verse 81:6

وَاِذَا الۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat

And when the seas are filled with flame

Verse 81:7

وَاِذَا النُّفُوۡسُ زُوِّجَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat

And when the souls are paired

Verse 81:8

وَاِذَا الۡمَوۡءٗدَةُ سُئِلَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat

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

Verse 81:9

بِاَيِّ ذَنۭۡ بٍ قُتِلَتۡۚ‏

bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

For what sin she was killed

Verse 81:10

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡࣕۙ‏

wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat

And when the pages are made public

Verse 81:11

وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡࣕۙ‏

And when the sky is stripped away

Verse 81:12

وَاِذَا الۡجَحِيۡمُ سُعِّرَتۡࣕۙ‏

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

Verse 81:13

وَاِذَا الۡجَنَّةُ اُزۡلِفَتۡࣕۙ‏

And when Paradise is brought near

Verse 81:14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٌ مَّا٘ اَحۡضَرَتۡؕ‏

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

Verse 81:15

فَلَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِالۡخُنَّسِۙ‏

So I swear by the retreating stars

Verse 81:16

الۡجَوَارِ الۡكُنَّسِۙ‏

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

Verse 81:17

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا عَسۡعَسَۙ‏

And by the night as it closes in

Verse 81:18

وَالصُّبۡحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ‏

And by the dawn when it breathes

Verse 81:19

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُوۡلٍ كَرِيۡمٍۙ‏

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

Verse 81:20

ذِيۡ قُوَّةٍ عِنۡدَ ذِي الۡعَرۡشِ مَكِيۡنٍۙ‏

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

Verse 81:21

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيۡنٍؕ‏

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

Verse 81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمۡ بِمَجۡنُوۡنٍۚ‏

And your companion is not [at all] mad

Verse 81:23

وَلَقَدۡ رَاٰهُ بِالۡاُفُقِ الۡمُبِيۡنِۚ‏

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

Verse 81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَي الۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِيۡنٍۚ‏

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen

Verse 81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطٰنٍ رَّجِيۡمٍۙ‏

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]

Verse 81:26

فَاَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُوۡنَؕ‏

So where are you going

Verse 81:27

اِنۡ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَۙ‏

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

Verse 81:28

لِمَنۡ شَآءَ مِنۡكُمۡ اَنۡ يَّسۡتَقِيۡمَؕ‏

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

Verse 81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُوۡنَ اِلَّا٘ اَنۡ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَࣖ‏

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