At-Takwir

1. 81:1PlayMemorise

   إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ 1

   When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

2. 81:2PlayMemorise

   وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ 2

   And when the stars fall, dispersing

3. 81:3PlayMemorise

   وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ 3

   And when the mountains are removed

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   وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ 4

   And when full-term she-camels are neglected

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   وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ 5

   And when the wild beasts are gathered

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   وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ 6

   And when the seas are filled with flame

7. 81:7PlayMemorise

   وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ 7

   And when the souls are paired

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   وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ 8

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

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   بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ 9

   For what sin she was killed

10. 81:10PlayMemorise

    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ 10

    And when the pages are made public

11. 81:11PlayMemorise

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ 11

    And when the sky is stripped away

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    وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ 12

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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    وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ 13

    And when Paradise is brought near

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    عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ 14

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

15. 81:15PlayMemorise

    فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ 15

    So I swear by the retreating stars

16. 81:16PlayMemorise

    ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ 16

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear

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    وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ 17

    And by the night as it closes in

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    وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ 18

    And by the dawn when it breathes

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    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ 19

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

20. 81:20PlayMemorise

    ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ 20

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

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    مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ 21

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

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    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ 22

    And your companion is not [at all] mad

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    وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ 23

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

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    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ 24

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

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    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ 25

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

26. 81:26PlayMemorise

    فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ 26

    So where are you going

27. 81:27PlayMemorise

    إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 27

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

28. 81:28PlayMemorise

    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ 28

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course

29. 81:29PlayMemorise

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ 29

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

Quran text: Tanzil (tanzil.net). Translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary.