سُورَةُ التكوير
81. At-Takwir
The Overthrowing
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ١
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When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ٢
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And when the stars fall, dispersing,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ٣
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And when the mountains are removed
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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ٤
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And when full-term she-camels1865 are neglected
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1865Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ٥
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And when the wild beasts are gathered
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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ٦
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And when the seas are filled with flame1866
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1866Or "when the seas have overflowed [into each other]."
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ٧
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And when the souls are paired1867
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1867With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ٨
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And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ٩
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For what sin she was killed
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ١٠
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And when the pages1868 are spread [i.e., made public]
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1868On which are recorded the deeds of all people.
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ١١
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And when the sky is stripped away
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ١٢
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And when Hellfire is set ablaze
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ١٣
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And when Paradise is brought near,
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ١٤
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A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1869
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1869i.e., all of one's deeds from worldly life, which have accompanied the soul to the Hereafter.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ١٥
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So I swear by the retreating stars -
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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ١٦
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Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ١٧
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And by the night as it closes in1870
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1870An alternative meaning is "as it departs."
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ١٨
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And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ١٩
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[That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]
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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ٢٠
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[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
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مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ٢١
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Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ٢٢
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And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1871
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1871Literally, "possessed by jinn."
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ٢٣
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And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1872
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1872i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ٢٤
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And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1873
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1873Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) did not withhold that knowledge of the unseen which Allāh had revealed to him in the Qur’ān.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ٢٥
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And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ٢٦
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So where are you going?1874
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1874In your denial of the Qur’ān and in your accusations against the Prophet (ﷺ) . The meaning is essentially "Surely, you have strayed far from Allāh's path."
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ٢٧
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It is not except a reminder to the worlds
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ٢٨
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For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٢٩
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And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.
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