سورة التكويرAt-TakwirThe Folding Up81Chapter29VersesMakkiRevelationExplore Surah Statistics, Insights and Metadata
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About Surah At-Takwir
At-Takwir opens with a rapid sequence of apocalyptic images — the sun being folded up, stars falling, mountains set in motion, seas boiling over — describing the cosmic upheaval of the Day of Judgment. It also references the pre-Islamic practice of burying infant daughters alive, describing them being asked for what crime they were killed, a powerful condemnation of that custom. The surah closes by affirming that the Quran is a genuine message delivered through a trustworthy messenger.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
Izash shamsu kuwwirat
When the sun is overthrown,
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
Wa izan nujoomun kadarat
And when the stars fall,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat
And when the hills are moved,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat
And when the seas rise,
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat
And when souls are reunited,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat
And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked
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بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
Bi ayyi zambin qutilat
For what sin she was slain,
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
Wa izas suhufu nushirat
And when the pages are laid open,
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat
And when the sky is torn away,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat
And when hell is lighted,
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وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
Wa izal jannatu uzlifat
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
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عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
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فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
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ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
Al jawaaril kunnas
The stars which rise and set,
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وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
Wallaili izaa 'as'as
And the close of night,
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وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Wassubhi izaa tanaffas
And the breath of morning
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
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ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
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مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
Mutaa'in samma ameen
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon
And your comrade is not mad.
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وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
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فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
Fa ayna tazhaboon
Whither then go ye?
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إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
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