سورة التكوير
At-Takwir
The Overthrowing
Meccan · 29 verses
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
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When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
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And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
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And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
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And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
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And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
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And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
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And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
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And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ
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For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
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And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
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And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
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And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
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And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
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A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
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So I swear by the retreating stars -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
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Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
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And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
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And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
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[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ
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[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ
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Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
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And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
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And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ
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And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ
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And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
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So where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
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It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
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For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
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And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.