Surah At-Takwir

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ١

   81:1

   idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ٢

   81:2

   wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat

   And when the stars fall, dispersing,

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ٣

   81:3

   wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat

   And when the mountains are removed

4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ٤

   81:4

   wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat

   And when full-term she-camels are neglected

5. وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ٥

   81:5

   wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

6. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ٦

   81:6

   wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat

   And when the seas are filled with flame

7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ٧

   81:7

   wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat

   And when the souls are paired

8. وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ٨

   81:8

   wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat

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

9. بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ٩

   81:9

   bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat

   For what sin she was killed

10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ١٠

    81:10

    wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat

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

11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ١١

    81:11

    wa-idhā l-samāu kushiṭat

    And when the sky is stripped away

12. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ١٢

    81:12

    wa-idhā l-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

13. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ١٣

    81:13

    wa-idhā l-janatu uz'lifat

    And when Paradise is brought near,

14. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ١٤

    81:14

    ʿalimat nafsun mā aḥḍarat

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

15. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ١٥

    81:15

    falā uq'simu bil-khunasi

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

16. ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ١٦

    81:16

    al-jawāri l-kunasi

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

17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ١٧

    81:17

    wa-al-layli idhā ʿasʿasa

    And by the night as it closes in

18. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ١٨

    81:18

    wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā tanaffasa

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

19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ١٩

    81:19

    innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin

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

20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ٢٠

    81:20

    dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhī l-ʿarshi makīnin

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

21. مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ٢١

    81:21

    muṭāʿin thamma amīnin

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ٢٢

    81:22

    wamā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūnin

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

23. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ٢٣

    81:23

    walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni

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

24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ٢٤

    81:24

    wamā huwa ʿalā l-ghaybi biḍanīnin

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

25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ٢٥

    81:25

    wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin

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

26. فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ٢٦

    81:26

    fa-ayna tadhhabūna

    So where are you going?

27. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٢٧

    81:27

    in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ٢٨

    81:28

    liman shāa minkum an yastaqīma

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٢٩

    81:29

    wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna

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