Yusuf Ali
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
Shakir
When the sun is covered,
Al Takwaeer
Chapter 81, 29 verses
Yusuf Ali
When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
Shakir
And when the stars darken,
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When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
Shakir
And when the mountains are made to pass away,
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When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
Shakir
And when the camels are left untended,
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When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
Shakir
And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
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When the oceans boil over with a swell;
Shakir
And when the seas are set on fire,
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When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
Shakir
And when souls are united,
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When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -
Shakir
And when the female infant buried alive is asked
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For what crime she was killed;
Shakir
For what sin she was killed,
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When the scrolls are laid open;
Shakir
And when the books are spread,
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When the world on High is unveiled;
Shakir
And when the heaven has its covering removed,
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When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
Shakir
And when the hell is kindled up,
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And when the Garden is brought near; -
Shakir
And when the garden is brought nigh,
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(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
Shakir
Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
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So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,
Shakir
But nay! I swear by the stars,
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Go straight, or hide;
Shakir
That run their course (and) hide themselves,
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And the Night as it dissipates;
Shakir
And the night when it departs,
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And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -
Shakir
And the morning when it brightens,
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Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
Shakir
Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
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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,
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With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
Shakir
One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
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And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
Shakir
And your companion is not gone mad.
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And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
Shakir
And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
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Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
Shakir
Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
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Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
Shakir
Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
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When whither go ye?
Shakir
Whither then will you go?
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Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
Shakir
It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
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(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
Shakir
For him among you who pleases to go straight.
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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.