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At-Takweer التَّكۡوِيرِ

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81:1 ⚑
  1. إِذَا idhā When
  2. ٱلشَّمۡسُ l-shamsu the sun
  3. كُوِّرَتۡ kuwwirat is wrapped up
81:2 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلنُّجُومُ l-nujūmu the stars
  3. ٱنكَدَرَتۡ inkadarat fall, losing their luster
81:3 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡجِبَالُ l-jibālu the mountains
  3. سُيِّرَتۡ suyyirat are moved away
81:4 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡعِشَارُ l-ʿishāru the full-term she-camels
  3. عُطِّلَتۡ ʿuṭṭilat (are) left untended
81:5 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡوُحُوشُ l-wuḥūshu the wild beasts
  3. حُشِرَتۡ ḥushirat are gathered
81:6 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡبِحَارُ l-biḥāru the seas
  3. سُجِّرَتۡ sujjirat are made to overflow
81:7 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلنُّفُوسُ l-nufūsu the souls
  3. زُوِّجَتۡ zuwwijat are paired
81:8 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ l-mawūdatu the female infant buried alive
  3. سُئِلَتۡ su-ilat is asked
81:9 ⚑
  1. بِأَيِّ bi-ayyi For what
  2. ذَنۢبࣲ dhanbin sin
  3. قُتِلَتۡ qutilat she was killed
81:10 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلصُّحُفُ l-ṣuḥufu the pages
  3. نُشِرَتۡ nushirat are laid open
81:11 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلسَّمَآءُ l-samāu the sky
  3. كُشِطَتۡ kushiṭat is stripped away
81:12 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡجَحِيمُ l-jaḥīmu the Hellfire
  3. سُعِّرَتۡ suʿʿirat is set ablaze
81:13 ⚑
  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. ٱلۡجَنَّةُ l-janatu Paradise
  3. أُزۡلِفَتۡ uz'lifat is brought near
81:14 ⚑
  1. عَلِمَتۡ ʿalimat Will know
  2. نَفۡسࣱ nafsun a soul
  3. مَّآ mā what
  4. أَحۡضَرَتۡ aḥḍarat it has brought
81:15 ⚑
  1. فَلَآ falā But nay
  2. أُقۡسِمُ uq'simu I swear
  3. بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ bil-khunasi by the retreating planets
81:16 ⚑
  1. ٱلۡجَوَارِ al-jawāri Those that run
  2. ٱلۡكُنَّسِ l-kunasi (and) disappear
81:17 ⚑
  1. وَٱلَّيۡلِ wa-al-layli And the night
  2. إِذَا idhā when
  3. عَسۡعَسَ ʿasʿasa it departs
81:18 ⚑
  1. وَٱلصُّبۡحِ wal-ṣub'ḥi And the dawn
  2. إِذَا idhā when
  3. تَنَفَّسَ tanaffasa it breathes
81:19 ⚑
  1. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, it
  2. لَقَوۡلُ laqawlu (is) surely a word
  3. رَسُولࣲ rasūlin (of) a Messenger
  4. كَرِيمࣲ karīmin noble
81:20 ⚑
  1. ذِي dhī Possessor of
  2. قُوَّةٍ quwwatin power
  3. عِندَ ʿinda with
  4. ذِي dhī (the) Owner of
  5. ٱلۡعَرۡشِ l-ʿarshi the Throne
  6. مَكِينࣲ makīnin secure
81:21 ⚑
  1. مُّطَاعࣲ muṭāʿin One to be obeyed
  2. ثَمَّ thamma and
  3. أَمِينࣲ amīnin trustworthy
81:22 ⚑
  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. صَاحِبُكُم ṣāḥibukum (is) your companion
  3. بِمَجۡنُونࣲ bimajnūnin mad
81:23 ⚑
  1. وَلَقَدۡ walaqad And certainly
  2. رَءَاهُ raāhu he saw him
  3. بِٱلۡأُفُقِ bil-ufuqi in the horizon
  4. ٱلۡمُبِينِ l-mubīni the clear
81:24 ⚑
  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. هُوَ huwa he (is)
  3. عَلَى ʿalā on
  4. ٱلۡغَيۡبِ l-ghaybi the unseen
  5. بِضَنِينࣲ biḍanīnin a withholder
81:25 ⚑
  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. هُوَ huwa it
  3. بِقَوۡلِ biqawli (is the) word
  4. شَيۡطَٰنࣲ shayṭānin (of) Shaitaan
  5. رَّجِيمࣲ rajīmin accursed
81:26 ⚑
  1. فَأَيۡنَ fa-ayna So where
  2. تَذۡهَبُونَ tadhhabūna are you going
81:27 ⚑
  1. إِنۡ in Not
  2. هُوَ huwa it
  3. إِلَّا illā (is) except
  4. ذِكۡرࣱ dhik'run a reminder
  5. لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ lil'ʿālamīna to the worlds
81:28 ⚑
  1. لِمَن liman For whoever
  2. شَآءَ shāa wills
  3. مِنكُمۡ minkum among you
  4. أَن an to
  5. يَسۡتَقِيمَ yastaqīma take a straight way
81:29 ⚑
  1. وَمَا wamā And not
  2. تَشَآءُونَ tashāūna you will
  3. إِلَّآ illā except
  4. أَن an that
  5. يَشَآءَ yashāa wills
  6. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  7. رَبُّ rabbu Lord
  8. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds

Word meanings: quran.com (word-by-word), imported as published. Qur'an text: King Fahd Complex.