English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 81 التكوير
29 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ Verse 1
When the sun is overthrown,
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وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ Verse 2
And when the stars fall,
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وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ Verse 3
And when the hills are moved,
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وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ Verse 4
And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
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وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ Verse 5
And when the wild beasts are herded together,
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وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ Verse 6
And when the seas rise,
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وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ Verse 7
And when souls are reunited,
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وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ Verse 8
And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked
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بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ Verse 9
For what sin she was slain,
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وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ Verse 10
And when the pages are laid open,
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وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ Verse 11
And when the sky is torn away,
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وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ Verse 12
And when hell is lighted,
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وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ Verse 13
And when the Garden is brought nigh,
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ Verse 14
(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ Verse 15
Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
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الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ Verse 16
The stars which rise and set,
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ Verse 17
And the close of night,
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وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ Verse 18
And the breath of morning
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إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ Verse 19
That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
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ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ Verse 20
Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
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مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ Verse 21
(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ Verse 22
And your comrade is not mad.
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وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ Verse 23
Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ Verse 24
And he is not avid of the Unseen.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ Verse 25
Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ Verse 26
Whither then go ye?
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ Verse 27
This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
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لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ Verse 28
Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
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وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ Verse 29
And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.
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