التَّكوير At-Takwir

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

   81:1

2. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

   And when the stars fall, dispersing,

   81:2

3. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

   And when the mountains are removed

   81:3

4. وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

   And when full-term she-camels are neglected

   81:4

5. وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

   81:5

6. وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

   And when the seas are filled with flame

   81:6

7. وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

   And when the souls are paired

   81:7

8. وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

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

   81:8

9. بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

   For what sin she was killed

   81:9

10. وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

    And when the pages are made public

    81:10

11. وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

    And when the sky is stripped away

    81:11

12. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

    81:12

13. وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

    And when Paradise is brought near,

    81:13

14. عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

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

    81:14

15. فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

    81:15

16. ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

    81:16

17. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

    And by the night as it closes in

    81:17

18. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

    And by the dawn when it breathes

    81:18

19. إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

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

    81:19

20. ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

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

    81:20

21. مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

    81:21

22. وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

    And your companion is not [at all] mad.

    81:22

23. وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

    81:23

24. وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

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

    81:24

25. وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

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

    81:25

26. فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

    So where are you going?

    81:26

27. إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

    81:27

28. لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

    81:28

29. وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

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

    81:29

Translation: Sahih International, via Tanzil.net. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.