Al Takwaeer

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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.

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

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2 And when the stars fall.

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2 And when the stars fall,

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3 And when the mountains are made to pass away;

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3 And when the hills are moved,

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4 And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

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4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

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5 And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

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5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,

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6 And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.

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6 And when the seas rise,

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

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7 And when souls are reunited,

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

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

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9 For what sin, was she killed?

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9 For what sin she was slain,

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

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10 And when the pages are laid open,

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

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11 And when the sky is torn away,

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12 And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

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12 And when hell is lighted,

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13 And when Paradise is brought near.

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13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,

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

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

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

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15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

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16 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.

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16 The stars which rise and set,

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17 And by the night as it departs.

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17 And the close of night,

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18 And by the dawn as it brightens.

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18 And the breath of morning

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19 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].

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

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

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

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

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21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

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

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22 And your comrade is not mad.

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

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23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

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

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24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.

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

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

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26 Then where are you going?

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26 Whither then go ye ?

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

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27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

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28 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

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28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

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

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