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Surah 81

At-Takwir

The Overthrowing

29 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy
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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

English Translation

WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness,

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Ayah 2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

English Translation

and when the stars lose their light,

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Ayah 3

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

English Translation

and when the mountains are made to vanish,

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Ayah 4

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

English Translation

and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended,

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Ayah 5

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

English Translation

and when all beasts are gathered together,

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Ayah 6

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

English Translation

and when the seas boil over,

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Ayah 7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

English Translation

and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds],

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Ayah 8

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

English Translation

and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask

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Ayah 9

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

English Translation

for what crime she had been slain,

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Ayah 10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

English Translation

and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded,

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Ayah 11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

English Translation

and when heaven is laid bare,

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Ayah 12

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

English Translation

and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright,

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Ayah 13

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

English Translation

and when paradise is brought into view:

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Ayah 14

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

English Translation

[on that Day] every human being will come to know what he has prepared [for himself].

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Ayah 15

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

English Translation

BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars,

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Ayah 16

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

English Translation

the planets that run their course and set,

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Ayah 17

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

English Translation

and the night as it darkly falls,

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Ayah 18

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

English Translation

and the morn as it softly breathes:

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Ayah 19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

English Translation

behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle,

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Ayah 20

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

English Translation

with strength endowed, secure with Him who in almightiness is enthroned

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Ayah 21

مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

English Translation

[the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust!

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Ayah 22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

English Translation

For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman:

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Ayah 23

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

English Translation

he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon;

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Ayah 24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

English Translation

and he is not one to begrudge others the knowledge [of whatever has been revealed to him] out of that which is beyond the reach of human Perception.

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Ayah 25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

English Translation

Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed.

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Ayah 26

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

English Translation

Whither, then, will you go?

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Ayah 27

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

English Translation

This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind –

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Ayah 28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

English Translation

to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way.

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Ayah 29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

English Translation

But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way].

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