إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ١
idhā l-shamsu kuwwirat
1. When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
Surah At-Takwir transliteration
سورة التكوير
Here is Surah At-Takwir (“The Overthrowing”) in transliteration: each of its 29 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ٢
wa-idhā l-nujūmu inkadarat
2. And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ٣
wa-idhā l-jibālu suyyirat
3. And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ٤
wa-idhā l-ʿishāru ʿuṭṭilat
4. And when full-term she-camels1865 are neglected
Notes
[1865] Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ٥
wa-idhā l-wuḥūshu ḥushirat
5. And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ٦
wa-idhā l-biḥāru sujjirat
6. And when the seas are filled with flame1866
Notes
[1866] Or "when the seas have overflowed [into each other]."
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧
wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat
7. And when the souls are paired1867
Notes
[1867] With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ٨
wa-idhā l-mawūdatu su-ilat
8. And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ٩
bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat
9. For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ١٠
wa-idhā l-ṣuḥufu nushirat
10. And when the pages1868 are spread [i.e., made public]
Notes
[1868] On which are recorded the deeds of all people.
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ١١
wa-idhā l-samāu kushiṭat
11. And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ١٢
wa-idhā l-jaḥīmu suʿʿirat
12. And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ١٣
wa-idhā l-janatu uz'lifat
13. And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ١٤
ʿalimat nafsun mā aḥḍarat
14. A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].1869
Notes
[1869] i.e., all of one's deeds from worldly life, which have accompanied the soul to the Hereafter.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ١٥
falā uq'simu bil-khunasi
15. So I swear by the retreating stars -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ١٦
al-jawāri l-kunasi
16. Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ١٧
wa-al-layli idhā ʿasʿasa
17. And by the night as it closes in1870
Notes
[1870] An alternative meaning is "as it departs."
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ١٨
wal-ṣub'ḥi idhā tanaffasa
18. And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ١٩
innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīmin
19. [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ٢٠
dhī quwwatin ʿinda dhī l-ʿarshi makīnin
20. [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ٢١
muṭāʿin thamma amīnin
21. Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ٢٢
wamā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūnin
22. And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.1871
Notes
[1871] Literally, "possessed by jinn."
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢٣
walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni
23. And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.1872
Notes
[1872] i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ٢٤
wamā huwa ʿalā l-ghaybi biḍanīnin
24. And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.1873
Notes
[1873] Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) did not withhold that knowledge of the unseen which Allāh had revealed to him in the Qur’ān.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ٢٥
wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin
25. And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ٢٦
fa-ayna tadhhabūna
26. So where are you going?1874
Notes
[1874] In your denial of the Qur’ān and in your accusations against the Prophet (ﷺ) . The meaning is essentially "Surely, you have strayed far from Allāh's path."
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٧
in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna
27. It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ٢٨
liman shāa minkum an yastaqīma
28. For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٩
wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna
29. And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.
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