At-Takwirسورة التكوير

The Overthrowing
Ayah - 29, Meccan
81:1
بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ إِذَا الشَّمسُ كُوِّرَت

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When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
81:2
وَإِذَا النُّجومُ انكَدَرَت

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And when the stars fall, dispersing,
81:3
وَإِذَا الجِبالُ سُيِّرَت

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And when the mountains are removed
81:4
وَإِذَا العِشارُ عُطِّلَت

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And when full-term she-camels are neglected
81:5
وَإِذَا الوُحوشُ حُشِرَت

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And when the wild beasts are gathered
81:6
وَإِذَا البِحارُ سُجِّرَت

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And when the seas are filled with flame
81:7
وَإِذَا النُّفوسُ زُوِّجَت

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And when the souls are paired
81:8
وَإِذَا المَوءۥدَةُ سُئِلَت

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And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
81:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَت

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For what sin she was killed
81:10
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَت

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And when the pages are made public
81:11
وَإِذَا السَّماءُ كُشِطَت

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And when the sky is stripped away
81:12
وَإِذَا الجَحيمُ سُعِّرَت

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And when Hellfire is set ablaze
81:13
وَإِذَا الجَنَّةُ أُزلِفَت

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And when Paradise is brought near,
81:14
عَلِمَت نَفسٌ ما أَحضَرَت

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A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
81:15
فَلا أُقسِمُ بِالخُنَّسِ

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So I swear by the retreating stars -
81:16
الجَوارِ الكُنَّسِ

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Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
81:17
وَالَّيلِ إِذا عَسعَسَ

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And by the night as it closes in
81:18
وَالصُّبحِ إِذا تَنَفَّسَ

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And by the dawn when it breathes
81:19
إِنَّهُ لَقَولُ رَسولٍ كَريمٍ

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[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
81:20
ذى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى العَرشِ مَكينٍ

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[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
81:21
مُطاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمينٍ

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Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
81:22
وَما صاحِبُكُم بِمَجنونٍ

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And your companion is not [at all] mad.
81:23
وَلَقَد رَءاهُ بِالأُفُقِ المُبينِ

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And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
81:24
وَما هُوَ عَلَى الغَيبِ بِضَنينٍ

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And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
81:25
وَما هُوَ بِقَولِ شَيطٰنٍ رَجيمٍ

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And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
81:26
فَأَينَ تَذهَبونَ

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So where are you going?
81:27
إِن هُوَ إِلّا ذِكرٌ لِلعٰلَمينَ

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It is not except a reminder to the worlds
81:28
لِمَن شاءَ مِنكُم أَن يَستَقيمَ

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For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
81:29
وَما تَشاءونَ إِلّا أَن يَشاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ العٰلَمينَ

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