Al Takwaeer

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

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

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2 And when the stars fall,

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2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

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3 And when the hills are moved,

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3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

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4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

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

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5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,

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

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6 And when the seas rise,

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6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

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7 And when souls are reunited,

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

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

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

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9 For what sin she was slain,

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9 For what crime she was killed;

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10 And when the pages are laid open,

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10 When the scrolls are laid open;

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11 And when the sky is torn away,

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11 When the world on High is unveiled;

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12 And when hell is lighted,

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12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

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13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,

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13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

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

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

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15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

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

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16 The stars which rise and set,

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16 Go straight, or hide;

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17 And the close of night,

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17 And the Night as it dissipates;

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18 And the breath of morning

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

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

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

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

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

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21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

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

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22 And your comrade is not mad.

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

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23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

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

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24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.

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

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

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

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26 Whither then go ye ?

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26 When whither go ye?

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27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

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

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28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

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

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

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