Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Yusuf Ali
  • Pickthall
  • Arabic, with marks
  • Transliteration
Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

Arabic, with marks

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Transliteration

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha alssamao kushitat

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near; -

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Transliteration

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Transliteration

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Arabic, with marks

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Arabic, with marks

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Transliteration

Aljawari alkunnasi

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Arabic, with marks

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Transliteration

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Arabic, with marks

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Transliteration

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Arabic, with marks

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Transliteration

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Transliteration

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Arabic, with marks

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Transliteration

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Pickthall

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Transliteration

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

Pickthall

Whither then go ye ?

Arabic, with marks

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Transliteration

Faayna tathhaboona

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Arabic, with marks

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Transliteration

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Arabic, with marks

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Transliteration

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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