Surah At-Takwir — Verse 1

The Overthrowing · 81:1 · 1/29

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Itha ashshamsu kuwwirat

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

When the sun is shrouded in darkness,

Marmaduke Pickthall

When the sun is overthrown,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

Mufti Taqi Usmani

When the sun will be folded up,

Al-Hilali & Khan

When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

When the sun shall be folded up,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness,

Hilali and Khan · source edition

1. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.[1]

Notes

[1] (V.81:1) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The sun and the moon will be folded up (or joined together or deprived of their lights) on the Day of Resurrection." [See the Qur’ân (V.75:9)] (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.4, Hadith No.422).