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Surah At-Takwir

سورة التكوير

Surah 81 29 verses Meccan page 586

Surah At-Takwir (“The Overthrowing”) is the 81st surah of the Quran. Revealed in Makkah, it has 29 verses and begins in juz 30. Listen to it in full by 400 reciters and download the mp3 you prefer.

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At-Takwir by 400 reciters

  1. Saad Al-GhamdiHafs, murattal سعد الغامدي 2:03
  2. Abdul Rahman Al-SudaisHafs, murattal عبد الرحمن السديس 1:44
  3. Maher Al-MuaiqlyHafs, murattal ماهر المعيقلي 1:53
  4. Mishary Rashid AlafasyHafs, murattal مشاري بن راشد العفاسي 2:38
  5. Abdul Basit Abdul SamadHafs, murattal عبد الباسط عبد الصمد 2:28
  6. Saud Al-ShuraimHafs, murattal سعود الشريم 1:45
  7. Ahmed Al-AjmiHafs, murattal أحمد بن علي العجمي 1:55
  8. Mohamed Siddiq El-MinshawiHafs, murattal محمد صديق المنشاوي 2:45
  9. Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs, murattal محمود خليل الحصري 3:34
  10. Fares AbbadHafs, murattal فارس عباد 2:00
  11. Yasser Al-DosariHafs, murattal ياسر الدوسري 1:27
  12. Abdullah MatroodHafs, murattal عبد الله المطرود 2:25
  14. Ali Al-HudhaifyHafs, murattal علي الحذيفي 2:47
  15. Abu Bakr Al-ShatriHafs, murattal أبو بكر الشاطري 2:08
  16. Alzain Mohamed AhmedHafs, murattal الزين محمد أحمد 1:45
  17. Omar Al-KazabriWarsh, murattal عمر القزابري 2:29
  18. Ali JaberHafs, murattal علي جابر 1:59
  19. Salah BukhatirHafs, murattal صلاح بو خاطر 1:58
  20. Yassen Al-JazairiWarsh, murattal ياسين الجزائري 2:12
  21. Abdirashid Ali SufiAs-Susi, murattal عبد الرشيد علي صوفي 2:11
  22. Idris AbkarHafs, murattal إدريس أبكر 1:55
  23. Laayoune El-KouchiWarsh, murattal العيون الكوشي 2:05
  24. Mahmoud Ali Al-BannaHafs, murattal محمود علي البنا 2:39
  25. Abdullah Awad Al-JuhanyHafs, murattal عبد الله عواد الجهني 1:33
  26. Abdul Wadood HaneefHafs, murattal عبد الودود حنيف 1:30
  27. Khalid Al-JalilHafs, murattal خالد الجليل 2:18
  28. Hassan SalehHafs, murattal حسن صالح 2:01
  29. Nasser Al-QatamiHafs, murattal ناصر القطامي 2:23
  30. Khalifa Al-TunaijiHafs, murattal خليفة الطنيجي 2:33
  31. Abdullah ibn Ali BasfarHafs, murattal عبد الله بن علي بصفر 1:59
  32. Adil Al-KalbaniHafs, murattal عادل الكلباني 1:51
  33. Mohamed El-BarakHafs, murattal محمد البراك 2:28
  34. Muhammad AyyubHafs, murattal محمد أيوب 3:05
  35. Mustafa Al LahouniHafs, murattal مصطفى اللاهوني 2:17
  36. Mohamed TablawiHafs, murattal محمد محمود الطبلاوي 2:53
  37. TH The Holy Quran in FrenchHafs, murattal القرآن الكريم باللغة الفرنسية 1:34
  38. Muhammad Al-Aalim Al-DokaliQalun, murattal محمد العالم الدوكالي 2:03
  39. Muhammad JibreelHafs, murattal محمد جبريل 2:23
  40. Muhammad Al-MohaisanyHafs, murattal محمد بن سليمان المحيسني 1:22
  41. Abdelhamid HssainWarsh, murattal عبد الحميد احساين 1:33

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Surah At-Takwir for children, with repetition

Teaching recitations (mushaf mu’allim): each verse is recited and then repeated, to learn it by heart.

Teaching Quran (mushaf mu’allim)
  1. Saad Al-GhamdiHafs, teaching (mu’allim) سعد الغامدي 4:07
  2. Maher Al-MuaiqlyHafs, teaching (mu’allim) ماهر المعيقلي 5:20
  3. Mishary Rashid AlafasyHafs, teaching (mu’allim) مشاري بن راشد العفاسي 5:15
  4. Mohamed Siddiq El-MinshawiHafs, teaching (mu’allim) محمد صديق المنشاوي 5:08
  5. Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs, teaching (mu’allim) محمود خليل الحصري 5:12
  6. Ali Al-HudhaifyHafs, teaching (mu’allim) علي الحذيفي 8:01

The verses of the surah

Full text in Uthmani script, with vowel marks (tashkeel).

Read Surah At-Takwir in Arabic and English

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ۝١ وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ۝٢ وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ۝٣ وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ۝٤ وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ۝٥ وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ۝٦ وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ۝٧ وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ۝٨ بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ۝٩ وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ۝١٠ وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ۝١١ وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ۝١٢ وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ۝١٣ عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ۝١٤ فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ۝١٥ ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ۝١٦ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ۝١٧ وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ۝١٨ إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ۝١٩ ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ۝٢٠ مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ۝٢١ وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ۝٢٢ وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ۝٢٣ وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ۝٢٤ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ۝٢٥ فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ۝٢٦ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ۝٢٧ لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ۝٢٨ وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ۝٢٩

Its virtues

All its virtues and hadiths

Surah At-Takwir places the Day of Resurrection before the reader’s eyes: the Prophet ﷺ said that whoever would like to see it as if witnessing it should recite it, together with Al-Infitar and Al-Inshiqaq. It is among the surahs that turned the Prophet’s ﷺ hair grey, and he recited it in the dawn prayer and in his night prayer; it is also a surah of the Mufassal.

  • Seeing the Resurrection as if with one’s own eyes
  • It turned the Prophet’s ﷺ hair grey
  • Recited by the Prophet ﷺ at dawn and at night
  • A surah of the Mufassal

Other ways to read the surah

In transliteration, word by word or with tajweed colours.

Surah At-Takwir at a glance

Name

It is derived from the word kuwwirat in the first verse. Kuwwirat is passive voice from takwir in the past tense, and means "that which is folded up", thereby implying that it is a Surah in which the "folding up" has been mentioned:

Period of Revelation

The subject matter and the style clearly show that it is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed at Makkah.

Theme and Subject Matter

It has two themes: the Hereafter and the institution of Prophethood.

In the first six verses, the first stage of the Resurrection has been mentioned when the sun will lose its light, the stars will scatter, the mountains will be uprooted and will disperse, the people will become heedless of their dearest possessions, the beasts of the jungle will be stupefied and will gather together, and the seas will boil up. Then in the next seven verses, the second stage has been described when the souls will be reunited with the bodies, the records will be laid open, the people will be called to account for their crimes, the heavens will be unveiled, and Hell and Heaven will be brought into full view. After depicting the Hereafter thus, man has been left to ponder his own self and deeds, saying: "Then each man shall himself know what he has brought with him."

After this, the theme of Prophethood has been taken up. In this the people of Makkah have been addressed, as if to say "Whatever Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) is presenting before you, is not the bragging of a madman, nor an evil suggestion inspired by Satan, but the word of a noble, exalted and trustworthy messenger sent by God, whom Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) has seen with his own eyes in the bright horizon of the clear sky in broad daylight. Whither then are you going having turned away from this teaching?"

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