Surah 81

Surah At-Takwir

Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing) is chapter 81 of the Holy Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 29 verses. Read the full surah below in Arabic with its translation.

Meccan29 Versesسُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Translation
  1. 81:1

    إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١

    When the sun is put out

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  2. 81:2

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ٢

    and when the stars fall down

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  3. 81:3

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣

    and when the mountains are blown away

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  4. 81:4

    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤

    and when pregnant camels are left untended

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  5. 81:5

    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥

    and when wild beasts are gathered together

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  6. 81:6

    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦

    and when the seas are set on fire

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  7. 81:7

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧

    and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺

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  8. 81:8

    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨

    and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

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  9. 81:9

    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ٩

    for what crime they were put to death

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  10. 81:10

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠

    and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open

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  11. 81:11

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١

    and when the sky is stripped away

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  12. 81:12

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢

    and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up

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  13. 81:13

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣

    and when Paradise is brought near—

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  14. 81:14

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤

    ˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along

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  15. 81:15

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ١٥

    I do swear by the receding stars

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  16. 81:16

    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ١٦

    which travel and hide

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  17. 81:17

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ١٧

    and the night as it falls

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  18. 81:18

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

    and the day as it breaks

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  19. 81:19

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ١٩

    Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel

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  20. 81:20

    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ٢٠

    full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne

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  21. 81:21

    مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ٢١

    obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy

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  22. 81:22

    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ٢٢

    And your fellow man is not insane

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  23. 81:23

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢٣

    And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon

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  24. 81:24

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ٢٤

    and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen

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  25. 81:25

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ٢٥

    And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil

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  26. 81:26

    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ٢٦

    So what ˹other˺ path would you take

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  27. 81:27

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

    Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—

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  28. 81:28

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ٢٨

    to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way

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  29. 81:29

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

    But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds

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