81 : 1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
WHEN THE SUN is folded up,
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سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ
At-Takwir · 29 verses
81 : 2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
The stars turn dim and scatter,
81 : 3
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
The mountains made to move,
81 : 4
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
Ahmed Ali
The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned,
81 : 5
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
The wild beasts stampede on the run,
81 : 6
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
When the oceans surge and swell,
81 : 7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
Ahmed Ali
When souls are reunited (with the bodies)
81 : 8
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Ahmed Ali
And the little girl buried alive is asked
81 : 9
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ
Ahmed Ali
For what crime she was put to death;
81 : 10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
When the ledgers are laid open,
81 : 11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
Ahmed Ali
The curtain drawn back from the skies,
81 : 12
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
When Hell is set ablaze,
81 : 13
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Ahmed Ali
And Paradise brought near,
81 : 14
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Ahmed Ali
(Then) every soul will know what it had prepared (for itself).
81 : 15
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Ahmed Ali
So, I call the receding stars to witness,
81 : 16
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Ahmed Ali
The planets withdrawing into themselves,
81 : 17
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
Ahmed Ali
The closing night,
81 : 18
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Ahmed Ali
The rising dawn,
81 : 19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger,
81 : 20
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne,
81 : 21
مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Obeyed and worthy there of trust.
81 : 22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
Your companion is not mad.
81 : 23
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Ahmed Ali
He had surely seen Him on the clear horizon.
81 : 24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
He is not chary of making public what is unknown.
81 : 25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ
Ahmed Ali
This is not the utterance of an accursed devil.
81 : 26
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Ahmed Ali
So whither do you stray?
81 : 27
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world,
81 : 28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Ahmed Ali
For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight,
81 : 29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Ahmed Ali
Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds.