SURAH AT-TAKWIR (THE COVERING UP)
This ‘Makki’ surah has 29 verses. The Holy Prophet (S) said that the person who recites this surah will be happy on the day when the book of deeds of people will be opened. Whoever wishes that Allah (s.w.t) should show him His Mercy on the Day of Judgement should recite this surah.
Recitation of this surah is especially good for the eyes. It improves vision and removes any ailments of the eyes.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
<font color="000000"><b>In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.</b></font>
اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْۙ(1)
<font color="000000"><b>(1) When the sun is covered,</b></font>
وَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْۙ(2)
<font color="000000"><b>(2) And when the stars darken,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْۙ(3)
<font color="000000"><b>(3) And when the mountains are made to pass away,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْۙ(4)
<font color="000000"><b>(4) And when the camels are left untended,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْوُحُوْشُ حُشِرَتْۙ(5)
<font color="000000"><b>(5) And when the wild animals are made to go forth,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْۙ(6)
<font color="000000"><b>(6) And when the seas are set on fire,</b></font>
وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْۙ(7)
<font color="000000"><b>(7) And when souls are united,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُئِلَتْۙ(8)
<font color="000000"><b>(8) And when the female infant buried alive is asked</b></font>
بِاَىِّ ذَنْۢبٍ قُتِلَتْۚ(9)
<font color="000000"><b>(9) For what sin she was killed,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْۙ(10)
<font color="000000"><b>(10) And when the books are spread,</b></font>
وَاِذَا السَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْۙ(11)
<font color="000000"><b>(11) And when the heaven has its covering removed,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْجَحِيْمُ سُعِّرَتْۙ(12)
<font color="000000"><b>(12) And when the hell is kindled up,</b></font>
وَاِذَا الْجَنَّةُ اُزْلِفَتْۙ(13)
<font color="000000"><b>(13) And when the garden is brought nigh,</b></font>
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّاۤ اَحْضَرَتْؕ(14)
<font color="000000"><b>(14) Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.</b></font>
فَلَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِۙ(15)
<font color="000000"><b>(15) But nay! I swear by the stars,</b></font>
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِۙ(16)
<font color="000000"><b>(16) That run their course (and) hide themselves,</b></font>
وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَۙ(17)
<font color="000000"><b>(17) And the night when it departs,</b></font>
وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ(18)
<font color="000000"><b>(18) And the morning when it brightens,</b></font>
اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ(19)
<font color="000000"><b>(19) Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,</b></font>
ذِىْ قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِى الْعَرْشِ مَكِيْنٍۙ(20)
<font color="000000"><b>(20) The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,</b></font>
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيْنٍؕ(21)
<font color="000000"><b>(21) One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.</b></font>
وَ مَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُوْنٍۚ(22)
<font color="000000"><b>(22) And your companion is not gone mad.</b></font>
وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُبِيْنِۚ(23)
<font color="000000"><b>(23) And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.</b></font>
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِيْنٍۚ(24)
<font color="000000"><b>(24) Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.</b></font>
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطٰنٍ رَّجِيْمٍۙ(25)
<font color="000000"><b>(25) Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,</b></font>
فَاَيْنَ تَذْهَبُوْنَؕ(26)
<font color="000000"><b>(26) Whither then will you go?</b></font>
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَۙ(27)
<font color="000000"><b>(27) It is naught but a reminder for the nations,</b></font>
لِمَنْ شَآءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّسْتَقِيْمَؕ(28)
<font color="000000"><b>(28) For him among you who pleases to go straight.</b></font>
وَمَا تَشَآءُوْنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنْ يَّشَآءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ(29)
<font color="000000"><b>(29) And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.</b></font>
