081. The Overthrowing – At-Takwir

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٠﴾
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾
When the sun is covered,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾
And when the stars darken,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾
And when the camels are left untended,
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾
And when the seas are set on fire,
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾
And when souls are united,
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾
For what sin she was killed,
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾
And when the books are spread,
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾
And when the hell is kindled up,
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾
And when the garden is brought nigh,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾
But nay! I swear by the stars,
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾
And the night when it departs,
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾
And the morning when it brightens,
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٢﴾
And your companion is not gone mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿٢٥﴾
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Whither then will you go?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.