At-Takwir

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ1

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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2. Verse 2:

   وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ2

   And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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3. Verse 3:

   وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ3

   And when the mountains are removed

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4. Verse 4:

   وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ4

   And when full-term she-camels^{note 1865} are neglected

   Notes, Verse 4

   [1865] Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.

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5. Verse 5:

   وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ5

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

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6. Verse 6:

   وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ6

   And when the seas are filled with flame^{note 1866}

   Notes, Verse 6

   [1866] Or "when the seas have overflowed [into each other]."

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7. Verse 7:

   وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ7

   And when the souls are paired^{note 1867}

   Notes, Verse 7

   [1867] With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .

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8. Verse 8:

   وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ8

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

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9. Verse 9:

   بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ9

   For what sin she was killed

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10. Verse 10:

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ10

    And when the pages^{note 1868} are spread [i.e., made public]

    Notes, Verse 10

    [1868] On which are recorded the deeds of all people.

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11. Verse 11:

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ11

    And when the sky is stripped away

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12. Verse 12:

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ12

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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13. Verse 13:

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ13

    And when Paradise is brought near,

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14. Verse 14:

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ14

    A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].^{note 1869}

    Notes, Verse 14

    [1869] i.e., all of one's deeds from worldly life, which have accompanied the soul to the Hereafter.

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15. Verse 15:

    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ15

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

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16. Verse 16:

    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ16

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

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17. Verse 17:

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ17

    And by the night as it closes in^{note 1870}

    Notes, Verse 17

    [1870] An alternative meaning is "as it departs."

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18. Verse 18:

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ18

    And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

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19. Verse 19:

    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ19

    [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

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20. Verse 20:

    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ20

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

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21. Verse 21:

    مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ21

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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22. Verse 22:

    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ22

    And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.^{note 1871}

    Notes, Verse 22

    [1871] Literally, "possessed by jinn."

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23. Verse 23:

    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ23

    And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.^{note 1872}

    Notes, Verse 23

    [1872] i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.

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24. Verse 24:

    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ24

    And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.^{note 1873}

    Notes, Verse 24

    [1873] Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) did not withhold that knowledge of the unseen which Allāh had revealed to him in the Qur’ān.

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25. Verse 25:

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ25

    And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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26. Verse 26:

    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ26

    So where are you going?^{note 1874}

    Notes, Verse 26

    [1874] In your denial of the Qur’ān and in your accusations against the Prophet (ﷺ) . The meaning is essentially "Surely, you have strayed far from Allāh's path."

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27. Verse 27:

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ27

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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28. Verse 28:

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ28

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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29. Verse 29:

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ29

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

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