سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

The Wrapping Up

Al-Infiṭār

The Wrapping Up

81:1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١

When the Sun will be wrapped up [losing its light];

81:2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ ٢

and when the stars will scatter [losing their lustre];

81:3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ ٣

and when the mountains will be made to move;

81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ ٤

and when the she-camels, ten months with young, will be left untended;

81:5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ ٥

and when the wild beasts will be herded together;

81:6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ ٦

and when the oceans will be set on fire;

81:7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ ٧

and when the souls will be sorted out [being joined, like with like];

81:8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ ٨

and when the female [infant], buried alive, will be questioned —

81:9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ ٩

for what sin was she killed;

81:10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ ١٠

and when the Scrolls will be laid open;

81:11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ ١١

and when the sky will be unveiled;

81:12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ ١٢

and when the Blazing Fire will be kindled to fierce heat;

81:13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ ١٣

and when Paradise will be brought closer;

81:14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ ١٤

[then] shall [each] soul come to know what it has sent forward.

81:15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ ١٥

So, verily, I do swear by the Planets, that return,

81:16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ ١٦

go straight, or hide;

81:17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ ١٧

and the Night as it recedes;

81:18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨

and the dawn as it breathes away [the darkness];

81:19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ ١٩

Verily, this is the word of an honourable Messenger,

81:20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ ٢٠

endowed with Power, held in honour by the Lord-of-the-Throne,

81:21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ ٢١

with authority there, [and] faithful to his trust.

81:22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ ٢٢

And [O People!] Your Companion [Prophet] is not one bewitched;

81:23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ ٢٣

and without doubt he saw him [Jibrīl] in the clear horizon.

81:24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ ٢٤

Neither does he [the Prophet] withhold grudgingly [knowledge of] the Unseen.

81:25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ ٢٥

Nor is it [the Qur’ān] the word of a Shayṭān accursed.

81:26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ ٢٦

So, whither go you [O Rejecters]?

81:27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧

Verily, this is nothing but a Message to [all] the Worlds:

81:28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ ٢٨

[with profit] to whoever among you wills to go straight:

81:29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩

But you shall not will except as wills Allāh,the Lord-of-the-Worlds.