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التَّكْوِير

M. Farook Malik

Surah 81. The Overthrowing, The Cessation (at-Takwir)

29 verses Meccan
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1 The Folding Up
81:1 ›
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
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When the sun will cease to shine
Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat
81:2 ›
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
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when the stars will loose their luster
Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat
81:3 ›
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
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when the mountains will be blown away
Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat
81:4 ›
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
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when the ten-month pregnant she-camels will be left unattended
Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat
81:5 ›
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
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when the wild beasts will be brought together
Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat
81:6 ›
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
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when the oceans will be set ablaze
Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat
81:7 ›
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
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when the souls will be reunited with the bodies
Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat
81:8 ›
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
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when the infant girls buried alive (here reference is made to the Pre-Islamic Arab custom of burying new born girls alive) will be questione
Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat
81:9 ›
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
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for what sin she was killed
Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat
81:10 ›
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
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when the record will be laid open
Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat
81:11 ›
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
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when the heaven will be stripped bare
Wa-itha alssamao kushitat
81:12 ›
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
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when hell will be set to blaze
Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat
81:13 ›
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
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and when the paradise will be brought near
Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat
81:14 ›
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
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then each soul shall know what it has bought with it
AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat
81:15 ›
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
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But no! I swear by the retreating stars
Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi
81:16 ›
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
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that run their course and hide
Aljawari alkunnasi
81:17 ›
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
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by the night as it dissipates
Waallayli itha AAasAAasa
81:18 ›
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
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by the morning when it breaths again
Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa
81:19 ›
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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surely this word (The Qur’an) is brought by a noble Messenger (Gabriel)
Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin
81:20 ›
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
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possessor of mighty power, having very high rank with the Owner of the Throne (Allah)
Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin
81:21 ›
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
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who is obeyed in heaven, and is trustworthy
MutaAAin thamma ameenin
81:22 ›
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
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O people of Mecca! Your companion has not gone mad
Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin
81:23 ›
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
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he (Muhammad) indeed saw him (Gabriel) in the clear horizo
Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni
81:24 ›
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
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and he is not stingy to withhold the knowledge of the unseen
Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin
81:25 ›
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
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This (Qur’an) is not the word of an accursed Satan
Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin
81:26 ›
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
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Where then are you going
Faayna tathhaboona
81:27 ›
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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This is but a Message to all the people of the world
In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
81:28 ›
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
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to each one who wishes to follow the Right Way
Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema
81:29 ›
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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Yet your wishes are of no avail unless Allah, the Lord of the worlds, pleases so
Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena
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Surah
The Overthrowing, The Cessation
Verses
29
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
30
Translations
65

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