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Surah 81

At-Takwir

The Folding Up · 29 verses · Makkan

التكوير

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

English · Saheeh International

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And when the mountains are removed

81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And when full-term she-camels1 are neglected

81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And when the wild beasts are gathered

81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

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And when the seas are filled with flame1

81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And when the souls are paired1

81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:9

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

English · Saheeh International

For what sin she was killed

81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

English · Saheeh International

And when the sky is stripped away

81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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And when Hellfire is set ablaze

81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

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And when Paradise is brought near,

81:14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:15

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

English · Saheeh International

So I swear by the retreating stars -

81:16

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:17

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

English · Saheeh International

And by the night as it closes in1

81:18

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:20

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:21

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

English · Saheeh International

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:23

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

English · Saheeh International

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

81:26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

English · Saheeh International

So where are you going?1

81:27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

English · Saheeh International

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

English · Saheeh International

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

English · Saheeh International

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

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