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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
Transliteration
Wahiduddin Khan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
81:1
When the sun is overthrown, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
81:2
And when the stars fall, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
81:3
And when the hills are moved, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
81:4
And when the camels big with young are abandoned, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
81:5
And when the wild beasts are herded together, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
81:6
And when the seas rise, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
81:7
And when souls are reunited, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
81:8
And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
81:9
For what sin she was slain, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
81:10
And when the pages are laid open, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
81:11
And when the sky is torn away, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
81:12
And when hell is lighted, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
81:13
And when the Garden is brought nigh, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
81:14
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
81:15
Oh, but I call to witness the planets, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
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The stars which rise and set, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
81:17
And the close of night, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
81:18
And the breath of morning - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
81:19
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
81:20
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:21
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
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(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy; - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
81:22
And your comrade is not mad. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
81:23
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
81:24
And he is not avid of the Unseen. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
81:25
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
81:26
Whither then go ye? - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:27
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation, - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
81:28
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:29
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)