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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
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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 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
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Oh, but I call to witness the planets,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    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)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:18
                    And the breath of morning  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:19
                    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    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)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:22
                    And your comrade is not mad.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:23
                    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    And he is not avid of the Unseen.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:25
                    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:26
                    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Whither then go ye?  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    81:28
                    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.  - Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    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)