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Surah The Overthrowing [At-Takwir] in English
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾
When the sun is woundup;
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾
when the stars are thrown down,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾
and the mountains have been taken,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾
when the pregnant camels are neglected,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾
when the savage beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾
when the seas are set boiling,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾
when the souls are coupled (to their body),
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾
when the buried female infant is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾
for what crime she was slain,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾
when the scrolls are unrolled,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾
when heaven is stripped,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾
when Hell is set ablaze,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾
when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾
then, each soul shall know what it has produced.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾
Rather, I swear by the returning
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾
orbiting, disappearing;
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾
by the night when it approaches
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾
and the morning when it extends,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾
it is indeed the word of an Honorable Messenger,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿٢١﴾
obeyed, and honest.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿٢٢﴾
Your Companion is not mad,
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾
in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon,
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿٢٤﴾
he is not grudging of the Unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿٢٥﴾
Nor is this the word of a stoned satan.
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Where then are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾
for whosoever of you would go straight,
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
but you shall not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds.