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                        Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                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
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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 woundup;  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:2
                    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:2
                    when the stars are thrown down,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:3
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:3
                    and the mountains have been taken,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:4
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:4
                    when the pregnant camels are neglected,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:5
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:5
                    when the savage beasts are gathered  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:6
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:6
                    when the seas are set boiling,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:7
                    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:7
                    when the souls are coupled (to their body),  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:8
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:8
                    when the buried female infant is asked  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:9
                    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:9
                    for what crime she was slain,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:10
                    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:10
                    when the scrolls are unrolled,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:11
                    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:11
                    when heaven is stripped,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:12
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:12
                    when Hell is set ablaze,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:13
                    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:13
                    when Paradise is brought near,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:14
                    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    then, each soul shall know what it has produced.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:15
                    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:15
                    Rather, I swear by the returning  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:16
                    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:16
                    orbiting, disappearing;  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    by the night when it approaches  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and the morning when it extends,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:19
                    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    it is indeed the word of an Honorable Messenger,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    obeyed, and honest.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:22
                    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Your Companion is not mad,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:24
                    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    he is not grudging of the Unseen.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:25
                    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Nor is this the word of a stoned satan.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:26
                    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:26
                    Where then are you going?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:27
                    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:28
                    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    for whosoever of you would go straight,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:29
                    but you shall not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)