Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Shakir
  • Pickthall
  • 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.

Shakir

When the sun is covered,

Pickthall

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

Word by word

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the stars fall.

Shakir

And when the stars darken,

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Shakir

And when the mountains are made to pass away,

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Shakir

And when the camels are left untended,

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Shakir

And when the wild animals are made to go forth,

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.

Shakir

And when the seas are set on fire,

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

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).

Shakir

And when souls are united,

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

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:

Shakir

And when the female infant buried alive is asked

Pickthall

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

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

For what sin, was she killed?

Shakir

For what sin she was killed,

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

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.

Shakir

And when the books are spread,

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And when the heaven has its covering removed,

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Shakir

And when the hell is kindled up,

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Paradise is brought near.

Shakir

And when the garden is brought nigh,

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

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).

Shakir

But nay! I swear by the stars,

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Word by word

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.

Shakir

That run their course (and) hide themselves,

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Word by word

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the night as it departs.

Shakir

And the night when it departs,

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the dawn as it brightens.

Shakir

And the morning when it brightens,

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

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].

Shakir

Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,

Pickthall

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

Word by word

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Pickthall

Mighty, established in the presence of 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.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Word by word

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

And your companion is not gone mad.

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

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).

Shakir

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

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on 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.

Shakir

Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.

Pickthall

And he is not avid 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).

Shakir

Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,

Pickthall

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

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then where are you going?

Shakir

Whither then will you go?

Pickthall

Whither then 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)

Shakir

It is naught but a reminder for the nations,

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Word by word

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Shakir

For him among you who pleases to go straight.

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk 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).

Shakir

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

Pickthall

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

Word by word

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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