Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Pickthall
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Word by word
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.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the stars fall.

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) is questioned:

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

For what sin, was she killed?

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

Word by word

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the (written) pages [of deeds (good and bad) of every person] are laid open.

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the heaven is stripped off and taken away from its place;

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Paradise is brought near.

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near; -

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good and evil).

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

So verily, I swear by the planets that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night).

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

Word by word

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the night as it departs.

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the dawn as it brightens.

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

Word by word

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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].

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Word by word

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Owner of power, (and high rank) with (Allah), the Lord of the Throne,

Pickthall

Mighty, established in the presence of 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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And (O people) your companion (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not a madman.

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And indeed he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) saw him [Jibril (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east).

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) withholds not a knowledge of the Unseen.

Pickthall

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And it (the Qur'an) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan).

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then where are you going?

Pickthall

Whither then go ye ?

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

Word by word

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the 'Alamin (mankind and jinn)

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

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

Word by word

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And you cannot will unless (it be) that Allah wills - the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

Pickthall

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

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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