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CHAPTER 81 · 29 VERSES

Surah At-Takwir

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

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When the sun is rolled up.

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

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When the stars are dimmed.

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

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When the mountains are set in motion.

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

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When the relationships are suspended.

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

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When the beasts are gathered.

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

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When the oceans are set aflame.

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

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When the souls are paired.

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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When the girl, buried alive, is asked:

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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For what crime was she killed?

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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When the records are made public.

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

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When the sky is peeled away.

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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When the Fire is set ablaze.

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

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When Paradise is brought near.

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

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Each soul will know what it has readied.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

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I swear by the galaxies.

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

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Precisely running their courses.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

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And by the night as it recedes.

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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And by the morn as it breathes.

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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This is the speech of a noble messenger.

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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Endowed with power, eminent with the Lord of the Throne.

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

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Obeyed and honest.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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Your friend is not possessed.

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

He saw him on the luminous horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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And he does not withhold knowledge of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

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And it is not the word of an accursed devil.

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

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So where are you heading?

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

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It is only a Reminder to all mankind.

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

To whoever of you wills to go straight.

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But you cannot will, unless God wills—the Lord of the Worlds.

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