81:1Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun is rolled up.
Surah 81 · 29 verses
Surah At-Takwir
سورة التكوير
The Overthrowing. Read the complete surah, listen to its recitation or choose a short range to repeat.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
81:2Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
When the stars are dimmed.
81:3Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
When the mountains are set in motion.
81:4Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
When the relationships are suspended.
81:5Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
When the beasts are gathered.
81:6Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
When the oceans are set aflame.
81:7Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
When the souls are paired.
81:8Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
When the girl, buried alive, is asked:
81:9Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
For what crime was she killed?
81:10Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
When the records are made public.
81:11Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
When the sky is peeled away.
81:12Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
When the Fire is set ablaze.
81:13Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
When Paradise is brought near.
81:14Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Each soul will know what it has readied.
81:15Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
I swear by the galaxies.
81:16Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Precisely running their courses.
81:17Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
And by the night as it recedes.
81:18Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
And by the morn as it breathes.
81:19Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
This is the speech of a noble messenger.
81:20Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Endowed with power, eminent with the Lord of the Throne.
81:21Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Obeyed and honest.
81:22Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Your friend is not possessed.
81:23Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
He saw him on the luminous horizon.
81:24Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
And He does not withhold knowledge of the Unseen.
81:25Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
And it is not the word of an accursed devil.
81:26Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
So where are you heading?
81:27Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
It is only a Reminder to all mankind.
81:28Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
To whoever of you wills to go straight.
81:29Juz 30 · Madinah page 586
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
But you cannot will, unless God wills—The Lord of the Worlds.
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