Surah At-Takwir, Ayah 21-29 — Word by Word
التكوير
The Overthrowing
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
muṭāʿin thamma amīnin
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
wamā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūnin
And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.
walaqad raāhu bil-ufuqi l-mubīni
And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.
wamā huwa ʿalā l-ghaybi biḍanīnin
And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
wamā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīmin
And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
fa-ayna tadhhabūna
So where are you going?
in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīna
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
liman shāa minkum an yastaqīma
For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
wamā tashāūna illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbu l-ʿālamīna
And you do not will except that Allāh wills - Lord of the worlds.