At-Takwir 81
The Folding UpHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classified as revealed in the Meccan period, this surah opens with 'When the sun is wrapped up,' and continues through a chain of 'when' clauses describing the end: stars falling, mountains moving, seas set ablaze, records spread open, and Hellfire and the Garden brought near. Among these scenes is the girl buried alive being asked for what sin she was killed. On that Day, it says, every soul will know what it has brought forward. The surah then swears by the receding planets, the departing night and the morning as it breathes that this is the word of a noble messenger, powerful and trustworthy. It insists that their companion is not mad and that this is not the word of an accursed devil, and ends by calling it a reminder to all the worlds for whoever wills to go straight.
- The sun wrapped up
- Scenes of the last Day
- The girl buried alive
- Word of a noble messenger
- Reminder to all worlds
The name The name comes from verse 1, where the sun is 'wrapped up' (folded up) and its light is gone.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
إِذَا이ð닷 الشَّمْسُ샴수 كُوِّرَتْ쿠위r라트
When the sun is wrapped up [and its light is gone],
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2
وَإِذَا와이ð단 النُّجُومُ누주문 انْكَدَرَتْ카다r라트
and when the stars fall, losing their light,
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3
وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْجِبَالُ지발루 سُيِّرَتْ수이r라트
and when the mountains are set in motion,
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4
وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْعِشَارُ이샤r루 عُطِّلَتْ웃띨라트
and when the pregnant she-camels are neglected,
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وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْوُحُوشُ우후슈 حُشِرَتْ후시r라트
and when the wild beasts are gathered together,
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وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْبِحَارُ비하r루 سُجِّرَتْ숫지r라트
and when the seas are set ablaze,
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وَإِذَا와이ð단 النُّفُوسُ누f푸수 زُوِّجَتْ주위자트
and when the souls are paired [with their bodies],
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وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْمَوْءُودَةُ마우우다투 سُئِلَتْ수일라트
and when the girl buried alive is asked
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9
بِأَيِّ비아이 ذَنْبٍð담빈 قُتِلَتْ꾸틸라트
for what sin she was killed,
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10
وَإِذَا와이ð닷 الصُّحُفُ수후f푸 نُشِرَتْ누시r라트
and when the records are spread open,
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11
وَإِذَا와이ð닷 السَّمَاءُ사마우 كُشِطَتْ쿠시따트
and when the sky is stripped away,
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12
وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْجَحِيمُ자히무 سُعِّرَتْ수이r라트
and when Hellfire is set blazing,
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13
وَإِذَا와이ð달 الْجَنَّةُ잔나투 أُزْلِفَتْ우즐리f파트
and when the Garden is brought near —
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14
عَلِمَتْ알리마트 نَفْسٌ나f프숨 مَا마 أَحْضَرَتْ아흐다r라트
[then] every soul will know what it has brought forward.
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15
فَلَاf팔라 أُقْسِمُ욱시무 بِالْخُنَّسِ빌쿤나스
So I swear by the planets that recede,
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16
الْجَوَارِ알자와r릴 الْكُنَّسِ쿤나스
those that run [their courses] and hide,
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وَاللَّيْلِ왈라일리 إِذَا이ð다 عَسْعَسَ아스아스
and by the night as it departs,
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18
وَالصُّبْحِ왓수브히 إِذَا이ð다 تَنَفَّسَ타납f파스
and by the morning as it breathes:
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19
إِنَّهُ인나후 لَقَوْلُ라까울루 رَسُولٍr라술린 كَرِيمٍ카r림
indeed it is the word of a noble messenger,
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20
ذِيð디 قُوَّةٍ꾸와틴 عِنْدَ인다 ذِيð딜 الْعَرْشِ아r르시 مَكِينٍ마킨
possessed of power, secure in position with the Owner of the Throne,
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21
مُطَاعٍ무따인 ثَمَّθ삼마 أَمِينٍ아민
obeyed there and trustworthy.
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وَمَا와마 صَاحِبُكُمْ사히부쿰 بِمَجْنُونٍ비마즈눈
And your companion is not mad.
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23
وَلَقَدْ왈라까드 رَآهُr라아후 بِالْأُفُقِ빌우f푸낄 الْمُبِينِ무빈
And he has indeed seen him on the clear horizon.
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وَمَا와마 هُوَ후와 عَلَى알랄 الْغَيْبِ가이비 بِضَنِينٍ비다닌
And he does not withhold [knowledge of] the unseen.
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25
وَمَا와마 هُوَ후와 بِقَوْلِ비까울리 شَيْطَانٍ샤이따닌 رَجِيمٍr라짐
And it is not the word of an accursed devil.
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26
فَأَيْنَf파아이나 تَذْهَبُونَ타ð드하분
So where are you going?
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إِنْ인 هُوَ후와 إِلَّا일라 ذِكْرٌð디크r룰 لِلْعَالَمِينَ릴알라민
It is nothing but a reminder to all the worlds,
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لِمَنْ리만 شَاءَ샤아 مِنْكُمْ민쿰 أَنْ안 يَسْتَقِيمَ야스타낌
for whoever among you wills to go straight.
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وَمَا와마 تَشَاءُونَ타샤우나 إِلَّا일라 أَنْ안 يَشَاءَ야샤알 اللَّهُ라후 رَبُّr랍불 الْعَالَمِينَ알라민
And you do not will except that God wills, Lord of all the worlds.