# Surah At-Takwir (التَّكْوِير) — The Overthrowing

> **Chapter 81 of the Holy Quran** · **29 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (29 Verses)

### Verse 81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

### Verse 81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

And when the stars fall, dispersing

### Verse 81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

And when the mountains are removed

### Verse 81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

### Verse 81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

### Verse 81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

And when the seas are filled with flame

### Verse 81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

And when the souls are paired

### Verse 81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

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

### Verse 81:9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ

For what sin she was killed

### Verse 81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

And when the pages are made public

### Verse 81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

And when the sky is stripped away

### Verse 81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

### Verse 81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

And when Paradise is brought near

### Verse 81:14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

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

### Verse 81:15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars

### Verse 81:16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear

### Verse 81:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

### Verse 81:18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

### Verse 81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِيمࣲ‏

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

### Verse 81:20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينࣲ‏

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

### Verse 81:21

مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِينࣲ‏

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

### Verse 81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏

And your companion is not [at all] mad

### Verse 81:23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

### Verse 81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينࣲ‏

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

### Verse 81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنࣲ رَّجِيمࣲ‏

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

### Verse 81:26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

So where are you going

### Verse 81:27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

### Verse 81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

For whoever wills among you to take a right course

### Verse 81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

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