Surah At-Takwir (81): Read Online and Download - English Translation

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Surah At-Takwir
سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ
Page 586 (Verses from 1 to 29)

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إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿1﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿2﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿4﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿5﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿6﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿7﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿8﴾ بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿9﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿10﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿11﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿12﴾ وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿13﴾ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿14﴾ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿15﴾ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿16﴾ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿17﴾ وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿18﴾ إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿19﴾ ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿20﴾ مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿21﴾ وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿22﴾ وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿23﴾ وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿24﴾ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿25﴾ فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿26﴾ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿27﴾ لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿28﴾ وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿29﴾

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Tafsir of Surah At-Takwir (Yusuf Ali: Abdullah Yusuf Ali)

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿1﴾

English Translation

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] (1)

English Transliteration

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat (1)

Tafsir of Verse 1

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; (1)

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿2﴾

English Translation

And when the stars fall, dispersing, (2)

English Transliteration

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat (2)

Tafsir of Verse 2

When the stars fall, losing their lustre; (2)

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿3﴾

English Translation

And when the mountains are removed (3)

English Transliteration

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat (3)

Tafsir of Verse 3

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); (3)

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿4﴾

English Translation

And when full-term she-camels are neglected (4)

English Transliteration

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat (4)

Tafsir of Verse 4

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; (4)

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿5﴾

English Translation

And when the wild beasts are gathered (5)

English Transliteration

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat (5)

Tafsir of Verse 5

When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); (5)

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿6﴾

English Translation

And when the seas are filled with flame (6)

English Transliteration

Waitha albiharu sujjirat (6)

Tafsir of Verse 6

When the oceans boil over with a swell; (6)

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿7﴾

English Translation

And when the souls are paired (7)

English Transliteration

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat (7)

Tafsir of Verse 7

When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); (7)

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿8﴾

English Translation

And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked (8)

English Transliteration

Waitha almawoodatu suilat (8)

Tafsir of Verse 8

When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - (8)

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿9﴾

English Translation

For what sin she was killed (9)

English Transliteration

Biayyi thanbin qutilat (9)

Tafsir of Verse 9

For what crime she was killed; (9)

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿10﴾

English Translation

And when the pages are made public (10)

English Transliteration

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat (10)

Tafsir of Verse 10

When the scrolls are laid open; (10)

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿11﴾

English Translation

And when the sky is stripped away (11)

English Transliteration

Waitha alssamao kushitat (11)

Tafsir of Verse 11

When the world on High is unveiled; (11)

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿12﴾

English Translation

And when Hellfire is set ablaze (12)

English Transliteration

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat (12)

Tafsir of Verse 12

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; (12)

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿13﴾

English Translation

And when Paradise is brought near, (13)

English Transliteration

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat (13)

Tafsir of Verse 13

And when the Garden is brought near;- (13)

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿14﴾

English Translation

A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]. (14)

English Transliteration

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat (14)

Tafsir of Verse 14

(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. (14)

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿15﴾

English Translation

So I swear by the retreating stars - (15)

English Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi (15)

Tafsir of Verse 15

So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, (15)

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿16﴾

English Translation

Those that run [their courses] and disappear - (16)

English Transliteration

Aljawari alkunnasi (16)

Tafsir of Verse 16

Go straight, or hide; (16)

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿17﴾

English Translation

And by the night as it closes in (17)

English Transliteration

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa (17)

Tafsir of Verse 17

And the Night as it dissipates; (17)

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿18﴾

English Translation

And by the dawn when it breathes (18)

English Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa (18)

Tafsir of Verse 18

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- (18)

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿19﴾

English Translation

[That] indeed, the Qur\'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger (19)

English Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin (19)

Tafsir of Verse 19

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, (19)

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿20﴾

English Translation

[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position], (20)

English Transliteration

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin (20)

Tafsir of Verse 20

Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, (20)

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿21﴾

English Translation

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy. (21)

English Transliteration

MutaAAin thamma ameenin (21)

Tafsir of Verse 21

With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. (21)

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿22﴾

English Translation

And your companion is not [at all] mad. (22)

English Transliteration

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin (22)

Tafsir of Verse 22

And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; (22)

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿23﴾

English Translation

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon. (23)

English Transliteration

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni (23)

Tafsir of Verse 23

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. (23)

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿24﴾

English Translation

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. (24)

English Transliteration

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin (24)

Tafsir of Verse 24

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. (24)

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿25﴾

English Translation

And the Qur\'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. (25)

English Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin (25)

Tafsir of Verse 25

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. (25)

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿26﴾

English Translation

So where are you going? (26)

English Transliteration

Faayna tathhaboona (26)

Tafsir of Verse 26

When whither go ye? (26)

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿27﴾

English Translation

It is not except a reminder to the worlds (27)

English Transliteration

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena (27)

Tafsir of Verse 27

Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: (27)

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿28﴾

English Translation

For whoever wills among you to take a right course. (28)

English Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema (28)

Tafsir of Verse 28

(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: (28)

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿29﴾

English Translation

And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds. (29)

English Transliteration

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena (29)

Tafsir of Verse 29

But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. (29)

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