At-Takwir (التكوير)
Surah 81 • 30 Verses • Arabic, English & Kiswahili
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
﴿١﴾
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
﴿٢﴾
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ
﴿٣﴾
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
﴿٤﴾
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
﴿٥﴾
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
﴿٦﴾
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
﴿٧﴾
When the seas are set alight;
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
﴿٨﴾
When the souls are sorted out (being joined, like with like);
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
﴿٩﴾
When the female (infant) buried alive, is questioned -
بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ
﴿١٠﴾
For what crime she was killed;
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
﴿١١﴾
When the scrolls are laid open;
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
﴿١٢﴾
When the sky is unveiled;
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
﴿١٣﴾
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
﴿١٤﴾
And when the Garden is brought near—
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ
﴿١٥﴾
Then shall each soul know what it has put forward.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
﴿١٦﴾
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
﴿١٧﴾
Which move swiftly and disappear;
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
﴿١٨﴾
And by the night as it closes in;
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
﴿١٩﴾
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness -
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
﴿٢٠﴾
Verily this is the word of a most honourable messenger,
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
﴿٢١﴾
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
﴿٢٢﴾
Obeyed there (in the heavens), and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
﴿٢٣﴾
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
﴿٢٤﴾
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
﴿٢٥﴾
And he is not withholding of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
﴿٢٦﴾
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
﴿٢٧﴾
Then where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
﴿٢٨﴾
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
﴿٢٩﴾
To whoever among you wills to go straight:
وَمَا تَشَاؤُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
﴿٣٠﴾
But you shall not will except as Allah wills—the Lord of the Worlds.