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التكوير

At-Takwir, The Overthrowing

29 versesMeccanJuz 30

Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs 'an 'Asim - Murattal

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وَمِمَّا2:3
Ikhfa family
يُنفِقُونَ2:3
Idgham family
هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ2:2
Iqlab
أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا2:10
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رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ2:3
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ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ1:1
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ٱلرَّحِيمِ1:1
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بِمَآ2:4
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ٱلضَّآلِّينَ1:7
Hamzat al-wasl
ٱللَّهِ1:1
Lam shamsiyyah
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ1:1
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ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ2:3

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Surah introduction: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)

تفسير سورة التكوير

وهي مكية

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Tafsir as-Sa'di, Arabic v1.0.0, QuranEnc.com

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

English Translation - Noor International Center. Version: 1.1.2. Last updated: 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com

  1. 1

    إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    (1) When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

    (2) And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    (3) And when the mountains are removed

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    (4) And when full-term she-camels[1865] are neglected

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    [1865]- Those ten months pregnant and nearing delivery. This verse alludes to distraction from the most valued of possessions.

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    (5) And when the wild beasts are gathered

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

    (6) And when the seas are filled with flame[1866]

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    [1866]- Or "when the seas have overflowed [into each other]."

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    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

    (7) And when the souls are paired[1867]

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    [1867]- With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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

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    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

    (9) For what sin she was killed

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    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

    (10) And when the pages[1868] are spread [i.e., made public]

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    [1868]- On which are recorded the deeds of all people.

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    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

    (11) And when the sky is stripped away

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    (12) And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

    (13) And when Paradise is brought near,

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    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

    (14) A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].[1869]

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    [1869]- i.e., all of one's deeds from worldly life, which have accompanied the soul to the Hereafter.

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    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

    (15) So I swear by the retreating stars -

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    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

    (16) Those that run [their courses] and disappear [i.e., set]

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    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    (17) And by the night as it closes in[1870]

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    [1870]- An alternative meaning is "as it departs."

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    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    (18) And by the dawn when it breathes [i.e., stirs]

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    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

    (19) [That] indeed, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger [i.e., Gabriel]

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    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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

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    مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

    (21) Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

    (22) And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.[1871]

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    [1871]- Literally, "possessed by jinn."

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    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

    (23) And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.[1872]

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    [1872]- i.e., the eastern horizon, where the sun rises. See footnote to 53:6.

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    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

    (24) And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.[1873]

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    [1873]- Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) did not withhold that knowledge of the unseen which Allāh had revealed to him in the Qur’ān.

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    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    (25) And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    (26) So where are you going?[1874]

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    [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."

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    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    (27) It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    (28) For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    (29) And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.

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