Al Takwaeer

Shakir

1 When the sun is covered,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

2 And when the stars darken,

Pickthall

2 And when the stars fall,

Yusuf Ali

2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Shakir

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away,

Pickthall

3 And when the hills are moved,

Yusuf Ali

3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Shakir

4 And when the camels are left untended,

Pickthall

4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

5 And when the wild animals are made to go forth,

Pickthall

5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 And when the seas are set on fire,

Pickthall

6 And when the seas rise,

Yusuf Ali

6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Shakir

7 And when souls are united,

Pickthall

7 And when souls are reunited,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

8 And when the female infant buried alive is asked

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

9 For what sin she was killed,

Pickthall

9 For what sin she was slain,

Yusuf Ali

9 For what crime she was killed;

Shakir

10 And when the books are spread,

Pickthall

10 And when the pages are laid open,

Yusuf Ali

10 When the scrolls are laid open;

Shakir

11 And when the heaven has its covering removed,

Pickthall

11 And when the sky is torn away,

Yusuf Ali

11 When the world on High is unveiled;

Shakir

12 And when the hell is kindled up,

Pickthall

12 And when hell is lighted,

Yusuf Ali

12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Shakir

13 And when the garden is brought nigh,

Pickthall

13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Yusuf Ali

13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

Shakir

14 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 But nay! I swear by the stars,

Pickthall

15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

16 That run their course (and) hide themselves,

Pickthall

16 The stars which rise and set,

Yusuf Ali

16 Go straight, or hide;

Shakir

17 And the night when it departs,

Pickthall

17 And the close of night,

Yusuf Ali

17 And the Night as it dissipates;

Shakir

18 And the morning when it brightens,

Pickthall

18 And the breath of morning

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

19 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

20 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

21 One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.

Pickthall

21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

22 And your companion is not gone mad.

Pickthall

22 And your comrade is not mad.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

23 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.

Pickthall

23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

24 Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.

Pickthall

24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

25 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

26 Whither then will you go?

Pickthall

26 Whither then go ye ?

Yusuf Ali

26 When whither go ye?

Shakir

27 It is naught but a reminder for the nations,

Pickthall

27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

28 For him among you who pleases to go straight.

Pickthall

28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

29 And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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