Surah At-Takwir (التكوير) is a Meccan surah of the Quran with 29 verses. Read, listen and memorize this surah with our interactive tools.
Updated on 07 March 2026 at 4:16 PM
📖 1 min readThe beginning of the surah is about the establishment of the Hour for the purpose of reckoning the creatures and ensuring justice among them by severing all ties, just as every lord does with those He nurtures. So, how will it be with the most just of rulers and the most merciful of the merciful? The two ends of the surah have met at the most noble and most glorious of faces. The beginning of the cleaving has been organized with its wonderful secrets, so at-Takwir is like al-Inshiqaq and al-Fathir, and al-Indikar is like at-Tasaqut and al-Intishar. And Allah, glorified be He, is the most knowledgeable about what is correct.
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إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾
And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾
And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾
And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾
And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾
And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾
And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾
And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾
For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾
And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾
And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾
And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾
And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾
A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾
So I swear by the retreating stars -
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾
Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾
And by the night as it closes in
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾
And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ ﴿١٩﴾
[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ ﴿٢١﴾
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿٢٢﴾
And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾
And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ ﴿٢٤﴾
And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ ﴿٢٥﴾
And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
So where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.