At-Takwir -- The Overthrowing

29 verses · meccan

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Ayah 1

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

And when the stars fall, dispersing

Ayah 2

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And when the mountains are removed

Ayah 3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

Ayah 4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Ayah 5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

And when the seas are filled with flame

Ayah 6

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

And when the souls are paired

Ayah 7

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

Ayah 8

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ

For what sin she was killed

Ayah 9

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

And when the pages are made public

Ayah 10

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And when the sky is stripped away

Ayah 11

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

Ayah 12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And when Paradise is brought near

Ayah 13

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

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

Ayah 14

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars

Ayah 15

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

Ayah 16

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

Ayah 17

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

Ayah 18

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

Ayah 19

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينࣲ‏

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

Ayah 20

مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِينࣲ‏

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

Ayah 21

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏

And your companion is not [at all] mad

Ayah 22

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

Ayah 23

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينࣲ‏

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen

Ayah 24

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ رَّجِيمࣲ‏

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]

Ayah 25

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

So where are you going

Ayah 26

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

Ayah 27

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

Ayah 28

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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

Ayah 29