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81 At-Takwīr ٱلتَّكْوِير

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
81:1 إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
81:1
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
81:2 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
81:2
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
81:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
81:3
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
81:4 وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
81:4
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
81:5 وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
81:5
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
81:6 وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
81:6
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
81:7 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
81:7
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
81:8 وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
81:8
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
81:9 بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
81:9
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
For what crime she was killed;
81:10 وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
81:10
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the scrolls are laid open;
81:11 وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
81:11
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the world on High is unveiled;
81:12 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
81:12
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
81:13 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
81:13
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And when the Garden is brought near;-
81:14 عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
81:14
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
81:15 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
81:15
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
81:16 ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
81:16
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Go straight, or hide;
81:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
81:17
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And the Night as it dissipates;
81:18 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
81:18
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-
81:19 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
81:19
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
81:20 ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
81:20
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
81:21 مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
81:21
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
81:22 وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
81:22
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
81:23 وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
81:23
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
81:24 وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
81:24
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
81:25 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
81:25
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
81:26 فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
81:26
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When whither go ye?
81:27 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:27
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
81:28 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
81:28
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
81:29 وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:29
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.