Kitab

Al Takwaeer

Chapter 81, 29 verses

  • Yusuf Ali
  • Transliteration
  • Arabic, with marks
  • Pickthall
  • Word by word
Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

Transliteration

Waitha alnnujoomu inkadarat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the stars fall,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

Transliteration

Waitha aljibalu suyyirat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the hills are moved,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Waitha alAAisharu AAuttilat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Pickthall

And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Waitha alwuhooshu hushirat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the wild beasts are herded together,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

When the oceans boil over with a swell;

Transliteration

Waitha albiharu sujjirat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the seas rise,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Waitha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Pickthall

And when souls are reunited,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Waitha almawoodatu suilat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Yusuf Ali

For what crime she was killed;

Transliteration

Biayyi thanbin qutilat

Arabic, with marks

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Pickthall

For what sin she was slain,

Word by word

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Yusuf Ali

When the scrolls are laid open;

Transliteration

Waitha alssuhufu nushirat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Pickthall

And when the pages are laid open,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

When the world on High is unveiled;

Transliteration

Waitha alssamao kushitat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Pickthall

And when the sky is torn away,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

Yusuf Ali

When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

Transliteration

Waitha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Pickthall

And when hell is lighted,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

And when the Garden is brought near; -

Transliteration

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

Arabic, with marks

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Pickthall

And when the Garden is brought nigh,

Word by word

وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

Arabic, with marks

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

Arabic, with marks

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Pickthall

Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

Word by word

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

Yusuf Ali

Go straight, or hide;

Transliteration

Aljawari alkunnasi

Arabic, with marks

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Pickthall

The stars which rise and set,

Word by word

ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

Yusuf Ali

And the Night as it dissipates;

Transliteration

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

Arabic, with marks

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Pickthall

And the close of night,

Word by word

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Yusuf Ali

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

Transliteration

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

Arabic, with marks

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Pickthall

And the breath of morning

Word by word

وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Yusuf Ali

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

Transliteration

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Arabic, with marks

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

Arabic, with marks

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

Arabic, with marks

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Pickthall

(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

Word by word

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Pickthall

And your comrade is not mad.

Word by word

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Yusuf Ali

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

Transliteration

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

Arabic, with marks

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Pickthall

Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Yusuf Ali

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

Transliteration

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Pickthall

And he is not avid of the Unseen.

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Yusuf Ali

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

Transliteration

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Yusuf Ali

When whither go ye?

Transliteration

Faayna tathhaboona

Arabic, with marks

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Pickthall

Whither then go ye ?

Word by word

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

Arabic, with marks

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Pickthall

This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

Word by word

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

Arabic, with marks

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Pickthall

Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

Word by word

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Pickthall

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

Word by word

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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