Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Transliteration
  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Word by word
Transliteration

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

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;

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إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the stars fall.

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Yusuf Ali

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

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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Yusuf Ali

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

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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

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);

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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

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 -

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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Transliteration

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

For what sin, was she killed?

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

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;

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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alssamao kushitat

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;

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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Paradise is brought near.

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near; -

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Transliteration

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

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.

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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

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,

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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Transliteration

Aljawari alkunnasi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Transliteration

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the night as it departs.

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the dawn as it brightens.

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

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,

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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

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,

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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Transliteration

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Obeyed (by the angels in the heavens), and trustworthy.

Yusuf Ali

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

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مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Transliteration

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

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;

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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Transliteration

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

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.

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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

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.

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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

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.

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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Transliteration

Faayna tathhaboona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then where are you going?

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Transliteration

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

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

Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

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

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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Transliteration

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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

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