Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing)

29 Verse(s) • Surah number 81 • Meccan

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ


11. And when the sky is stripped away

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ


12. And when Hellfire is set ablaze

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ


13. And when Paradise is brought near,

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ


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

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ


15. So I swear by the retreating stars -

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ


16. Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ


17. And by the night as it closes in

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ


18. And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ


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

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ


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