Al Takwaeer

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

1 When the sun is covered,

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.

Yusuf Ali

2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Shakir

2 And when the stars darken,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And when the stars fall.

Yusuf Ali

3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Shakir

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And when the mountains are made to pass away;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

4 And when the camels are left untended,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And when the pregnant she-camels are neglected;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

5 And when the wild animals are made to go forth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And when the wild beasts are gathered together.

Yusuf Ali

6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Shakir

6 And when the seas are set on fire,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

7 And when souls are united,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

8 And when the female infant buried alive is asked

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

9 For what crime she was killed;

Shakir

9 For what sin she was killed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 For what sin, was she killed?

Yusuf Ali

10 When the scrolls are laid open;

Shakir

10 And when the books are spread,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

11 When the world on High is unveiled;

Shakir

11 And when the heaven has its covering removed,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Shakir

12 And when the hell is kindled up,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And when Hell-fire is set ablaze.

Yusuf Ali

13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

Shakir

13 And when the garden is brought nigh,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 And when Paradise is brought near.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 But nay! I swear by the stars,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

16 Go straight, or hide;

Shakir

16 That run their course (and) hide themselves,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

17 And the Night as it dissipates;

Shakir

17 And the night when it departs,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And by the night as it departs.

Yusuf Ali

18 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

Shakir

18 And the morning when it brightens,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And by the dawn as it brightens.

Yusuf Ali

19 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Shakir

19 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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].

Yusuf Ali

20 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

22 And your companion is not gone mad.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

23 And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

24 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Shakir

24 Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

25 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Shakir

25 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

26 When whither go ye?

Shakir

26 Whither then will you go?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 Then where are you going?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

27 It is naught but a reminder for the nations,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

28 For him among you who pleases to go straight.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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