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Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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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
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
When the sun is overthrown,

81:2 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
81:2
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the stars fall,

81:3 وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
81:3
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the hills are moved,

81:4 وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
81:4
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

81:5 وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
81:5
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the wild beasts are herded together,

81:6 وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
81:6
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the seas rise,

81:7 وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
81:7
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when souls are reunited,

81:8 وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
81:8
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

81:9 بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
81:9
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
For what sin she was slain,

81:10 وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
81:10
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the pages are laid open,

81:11 وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
81:11
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the sky is torn away,

81:12 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
81:12
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when hell is lighted,

81:13 وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
81:13
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And when the Garden is brought nigh,

81:14 عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
81:14
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

81:15 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
81:15
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

81:16 ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
81:16
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
The stars which rise and set,

81:17 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
81:17
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And the close of night,

81:18 وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
81:18
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And the breath of morning

81:19 إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
81:19
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

81:20 ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
81:20
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

81:21 مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
81:21
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

81:22 وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
81:22
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And your comrade is not mad.

81:23 وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
81:23
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

81:24 وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
81:24
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And he is not avid of the Unseen.

81:25 وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
81:25
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

81:26 فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
81:26
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Whither then go ye?

81:27 إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:27
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

81:28 لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
81:28
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

81:29 وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
81:29
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall (English) :
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.