Surah information

Name

سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

English name

At-Takwir

Translation

The Overthrowing

Number

81

Ayahs

29

Revelation

Meccan

Translations

بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ 

WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness,

2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ 

and when the stars lose their light,

3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُیِّرَتۡ 

and when the mountains are made to vanish,

4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ 

and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended,

5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ 

and when all beasts are gathered together,

6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ 

and when the seas boil over,

7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ 

and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds],

8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ 

and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask

9

بِأَیِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ 

for what crime she had been slain,

10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ 

and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded,