Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Shakir
  • 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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

When the sun is covered,

Word by word

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the stars fall.

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Shakir

And when the stars darken,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Shakir

And when the mountains are made to pass away,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

And when the camels are left untended,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

And when the wild animals are made to go forth,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when the seas become as blazing Fire or overflow.

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Shakir

And when the seas are set on fire,

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

And when souls are united,

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:

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

And when the female infant buried alive is asked

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

For what sin, was she killed?

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

Shakir

For what sin 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.

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

Shakir

And when the books are spread,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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;

Shakir

And when the heaven has its covering removed,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Shakir

And when the hell is kindled up,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And when Paradise is brought near.

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near; -

Shakir

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

But nay! I swear by the stars,

Word by word

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves.

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

Shakir

That run their course (and) hide themselves,

Word by word

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the night as it departs.

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Shakir

And the night when it departs,

Word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And by the dawn as it brightens.

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

Shakir

And the morning when it brightens,

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].

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Shakir

Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,

Word by word

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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,

Shakir

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

Word by word

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Word by word

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

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;

Shakir

And your companion is not gone 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).

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Shakir

And of a truth he saw himself 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.

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Shakir

Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.

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).

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Shakir

Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Then where are you going?

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

Shakir

Whither then will you go?

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)

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

It is naught but a reminder for the nations,

Word by word

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

For him among you who pleases 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).

Yusuf Ali

But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.

Shakir

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

Word by word

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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