Chapter 81
Surah At-Takwīr - سورة التكوير
(Wound Round and Lost its Light)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

81:1

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Transliteration

Itha ashshamsu kuwwirat

Sahih International

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Pickthall

When the sun is overthrown,

Yusuf Ali

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

81:2

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Transliteration

Wa-itha annujoomu inkadarat

Sahih International

And when the stars fall, dispersing,

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

81:3

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Transliteration

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

Sahih International

And when the mountains are removed

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

81:4

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Transliteration

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Sahih International

And when full-term she-camels are neglected

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Yusuf Ali

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

81:5

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Transliteration

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

Sahih International

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Yusuf Ali

When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

81:6

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Transliteration

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

Sahih International

And when the seas are filled with flame

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

81:7

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Transliteration

Wa-itha annufoosu zuwwijat

Sahih International

And when the souls are paired

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

Yusuf Ali

When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

81:8

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Transliteration

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

Yusuf Ali

When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

81:9

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Transliteration

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

Sahih International

For what sin she was killed

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

81:10

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Transliteration

Wa-itha assuhufunushirat

Sahih International

And when the pages are made public

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

81:11

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Transliteration

Wa-itha assamao kushitat

Sahih International

And when the sky is stripped away

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

81:12

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Transliteration

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Sahih International

And when Hellfire is set ablaze

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

81:13

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Transliteration

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

Sahih International

And when Paradise is brought near,

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near;-

81:14

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Transliteration

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

Yusuf Ali

(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

81:15

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Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bilkhunnas

Sahih International

So I swear by the retreating stars -

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Yusuf Ali

So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

81:16

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Transliteration

Aljawari alkunnas

Sahih International

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

81:17

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Transliteration

Wallayli itha AAasAAas

Sahih International

And by the night as it closes in

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

81:18

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Transliteration

Wassubhi ithatanaffas

Sahih International

And by the dawn when it breathes

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

81:19

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Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareem

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

81:20

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Transliteration

Thee quwwatin AAinda theealAAarshi makeen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

Yusuf Ali

Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

81:21

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Transliteration

MutaAAin thamma ameen

Sahih International

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Yusuf Ali

With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

81:22

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Transliteration

Wama sahibukum bimajnoon

Sahih International

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

Yusuf Ali

And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

81:23

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Transliteration

Walaqad raahu bilofuqialmubeen

Sahih International

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

81:24

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Transliteration

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneen

Sahih International

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

Pickthall

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

81:25

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Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaytaninrajeem

Sahih International

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

Pickthall

Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

81:26

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Transliteration

Faayna tathhaboon

Sahih International

So where are you going?

Pickthall

Whither then go ye?

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

81:27

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Transliteration

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameen

Sahih International

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

81:28

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Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeem

Sahih International

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

81:29

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Transliteration

Wama tashaoona illa anyashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

Yusuf Ali

But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.

Al-Qur'an 2:28

"How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned."

Al-Qur'an 3:102

"O ye who believe! Heed Allah as He deserves to be heeded, and die not except in a state of Islam [in submission to Him]."

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do."

Al-Qur'an 7:172

"And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware.""

Al-Qur'an 10:31

"Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, " Allah ," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?" "

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

"Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, " Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?" And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do."

Al-Qur'an 10:45

"And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided"

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

"And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure. And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor. And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing."

Al-Qur'an 16:61

"And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

“And man says, ‘When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?’ Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?”

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

"And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah , the best of creators. Then indeed, after that you are to die. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.”

Al-Qur'an 23:32

"And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah ; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?""

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

"And indeed, you invite them to a straight path. But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path. And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]. Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair."

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

"And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful. And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered. And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason? Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples." Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" They will say, "To Allah ." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

"Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say, "[They belong] to Allah ." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?" Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah ." Say, "Then how are you deluded?" Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars. Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him]. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him]."

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

"[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back. That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected. So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another. And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally."

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

"[ Allah ] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?" They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate." He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known. Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?" So exalted is Allah , the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne."

Al-Qur'an 40:57

“The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

"It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason. He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is."

Al-Qur'an 41:39

“And among His Signs, that you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed He is Able to do all things.”

Al-Qur'an 44:38

“And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play."

Al-Qur'an 51:56

"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

"Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?"

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

"O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?"

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

"Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? And at the sky - how it is raised? And at the mountains - how they are erected? And at the earth - how it is spread out? So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

(Al-Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 479)

Chapter 81 Surah At-Takwīr - سورة التكوير (Wound Round and Lost its Light)

Al-Qur'an 2:28

Al-Qur'an 3:102

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

Al-Qur'an 7:172

Al-Qur'an 10:31

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

Al-Qur'an 10:45

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

Al-Qur'an 16:61

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

Al-Qur'an 23:32

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

Al-Qur'an 40:57

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

Al-Qur'an 41:39

Al-Qur'an 44:38

Al-Qur'an 51:56

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

Chapter 81
Surah At-Takwīr - سورة التكوير
(Wound Round and Lost its Light)