This page contains the Arabic text, audio recitation, and English - Yusuf Ali translation of Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing).
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
﴿١﴾
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;(1)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
﴿٢﴾
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;(2)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُیِّرَتۡ
﴿٣﴾
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);(3)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
﴿٤﴾
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;(4)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
﴿٥﴾
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);(5)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
﴿٦﴾
When the oceans boil over with a swell;(6)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
﴿٧﴾
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);(7)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُىِٕلَتۡ
﴿٨﴾
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -(8)
Tafseer:
بِأَیِّ ذَنۢبࣲ قُتِلَتۡ
﴿٩﴾
For what crime she was killed;(9)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
﴿١٠﴾
When the scrolls are laid open;(10)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاۤءُ كُشِطَتۡ
﴿١١﴾
When the world on High is unveiled;(11)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِیمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
﴿١٢﴾
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;(12)
Tafseer:
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
﴿١٣﴾
And when the Garden is brought near;-(13)
Tafseer:
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسࣱ مَّاۤ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
﴿١٤﴾
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.(14)
Tafseer:
فَلَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
﴿١٥﴾
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,(15)
Tafseer:
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
﴿١٦﴾
Go straight, or hide;(16)
Tafseer:
وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
﴿١٧﴾
And the Night as it dissipates;(17)
Tafseer:
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
﴿١٨﴾
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-(18)
Tafseer:
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولࣲ كَرِیمࣲ
﴿١٩﴾
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,(19)
Tafseer:
ذِی قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِی ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِینࣲ
﴿٢٠﴾
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,(20)
Tafseer:
مُّطَاعࣲ ثَمَّ أَمِینࣲ
﴿٢١﴾
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.(21)
Tafseer:
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونࣲ
﴿٢٢﴾
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;(22)
Tafseer:
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِینِ
﴿٢٣﴾
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.(23)
Tafseer:
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَیۡبِ بِضَنِینࣲ
﴿٢٤﴾
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.(24)
Tafseer:
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَیۡطَـٰنࣲ رَّجِیمࣲ
﴿٢٥﴾
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.(25)
Tafseer:
فَأَیۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
﴿٢٦﴾
When whither go ye?(26)
Tafseer:
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ
﴿٢٧﴾
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:(27)
Tafseer:
لِمَن شَاۤءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن یَسۡتَقِیمَ
﴿٢٨﴾
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:(28)
Tafseer:
وَمَا تَشَاۤءُونَ إِلَّاۤ أَن یَشَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ
﴿٢٩﴾
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.(29)
Tafseer: