Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Pickthall
  • Transliteration
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Arabic, with marks
  • Word by word
Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,

Transliteration

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Word by word

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Transliteration

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Transliteration

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Transliteration

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Transliteration

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

Transliteration

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

Transliteration

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Pickthall

And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked

Transliteration

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

Transliteration

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

Arabic, with marks

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Word by word

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Transliteration

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Transliteration

Waitha alssamao kushitat

Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Transliteration

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Transliteration

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near; -

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Pickthall

(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

Transliteration

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Word by word

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Word by word

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Transliteration

Aljawari alkunnasi

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

Arabic, with marks

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Word by word

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Transliteration

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Arabic, with marks

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

Arabic, with marks

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Word by word

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Pickthall

That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Arabic, with marks

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Word by word

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Pickthall

Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

Transliteration

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Word by word

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Transliteration

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Word by word

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

Transliteration

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Word by word

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Transliteration

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Arabic, with marks

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Pickthall

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Transliteration

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Pickthall

Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Pickthall

Whither then go ye ?

Transliteration

Faayna tathhaboona

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

Arabic, with marks

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Word by word

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Transliteration

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Word by word

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Word by word

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Pickthall

And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

Transliteration

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Word by word

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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