Al Takwaeer
Chapter 81, 29 verses
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Shakir
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Yusuf Ali
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Word by word
Shakir
When the sun is covered,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. When the sun is wound round and its light is lost and is overthrown.
Yusuf Ali
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
Word by word
إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
Shakir
And when the stars darken,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the stars fall.
Yusuf Ali
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ
Shakir
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the mountains are made to pass away;
Yusuf Ali
When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
Shakir
And when the camels are left untended,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;
Yusuf Ali
When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
Shakir
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the wild beasts are gathered together.
Yusuf Ali
When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
Shakir
And when the seas are set on fire,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.
Yusuf Ali
When the oceans boil over with a swell;
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
Shakir
And when souls are united,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
Yusuf Ali
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
Shakir
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:
Yusuf Ali
When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Shakir
For what sin she was killed,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
For what sin, was she killed?
Yusuf Ali
For what crime she was killed;
Word by word
بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ
Shakir
And when the books are spread,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.
Yusuf Ali
When the scrolls are laid open;
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
Shakir
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;
Yusuf Ali
When the world on High is unveiled;
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ
Shakir
And when the hell is kindled up,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.
Yusuf Ali
When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
Shakir
And when the garden is brought nigh,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And when Paradise is brought near.
Yusuf Ali
And when the Garden is brought near; -
Word by word
وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
Shakir
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).
Yusuf Ali
(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Word by word
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ
Shakir
But nay! I swear by the stars,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).
Yusuf Ali
So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Word by word
فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ
Shakir
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.
Yusuf Ali
Go straight, or hide;
Word by word
ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ
Shakir
And the night when it departs,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the night as it departs.
Yusuf Ali
And the Night as it dissipates;
Word by word
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
Shakir
And the morning when it brightens,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the dawn as it brightens.
Yusuf Ali
And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
Word by word
وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Shakir
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, this is the Word (this Qur'an brought by) a most honourable messenger [Jibril (Gabril), from Allah to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم].
Yusuf Ali
Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Word by word
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Shakir
The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,
Yusuf Ali
Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
Word by word
ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
Shakir
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.
Yusuf Ali
With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
Word by word
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
Shakir
And your companion is not gone mad.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.
Yusuf Ali
And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
Word by word
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
Shakir
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).
Yusuf Ali
And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Word by word
وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ
Shakir
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.
Yusuf Ali
Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Word by word
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
Shakir
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).
Yusuf Ali
Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Word by word
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ
Shakir
Whither then will you go?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then where are you going?
Yusuf Ali
When whither go ye?
Word by word
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
Shakir
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)
Yusuf Ali
Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
Word by word
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Shakir
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.
Yusuf Ali
(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
Word by word
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
Shakir
And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
Yusuf Ali
But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.
Word by word
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ