The Quran

سورة التّکویر

Surah Al-Takwîr 81:1

Losing of the Light · Verse 1 of 29

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Abdul Mannan Omar

When the sun be folded up and so darkened,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

WHEN THE SUN is folded up,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

When the sun is folded up (and darkened);

Daryabadi

When the sun shall be wound round,

Faridul Haque

When the sunlight is rolled up.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

When the sun is folded up,

Maulvi Sher Ali

When the sun is folded up,

Muhammad Asad

WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness,

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

When the sun is overthrown,

Muhammad Sarwar

(On the day) when the sun is made to cease shining,

Muhammed ali Shakir

When the sun is covered,

Rashad Khalifa

When the sun is rolled.

Shabbir Ahmed

When the Sun is folded up.

Commentary 81:1 The sun is also an allusion to the Holy Qur’ân and its teachings (see 25:30).

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

81:1 The sun is also an allusion to the Holy Qur’ân and its teachings (see 25:30).