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AT-TAKWIR (THE OVERTHROWING)

Total Verses: 29
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

081.001
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

1. Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

081.002
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

2. Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

081.003
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

3. Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

081.004
When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

4. Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

081.005
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

5. Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

081.006
When the oceans boil over with a swell;

6. Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

081.007
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

7. Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

081.008
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

8. Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

081.009
For what crime she was killed;

9. Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

081.010
When the scrolls are laid open;

10. Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

081.011
When the world on High is unveiled;

11. Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

081.012
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

12. Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

081.013
And when the Garden is brought near;-

13. Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

081.014
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

14. AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

081.015
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

15. Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

081.016
Go straight, or hide;

16. Aljawari alkunnasi

081.017
And the Night as it dissipates;

17. Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

081.018
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

18. Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

081.019
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

19. Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

081.020
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

20. Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

081.021
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

21. MutaAAin thamma ameenin

081.022
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

22. Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

081.023
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

23. Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

081.024
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

24. Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

081.025
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

25. Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

081.026
When whither go ye?

26. Faayna tathhaboona

081.027
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

27. In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

081.028
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

28. Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

081.029
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.

29. Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena


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