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English - Chapter 81 - At-Takwir

Translation by Aisha Bewley — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah At-Takwir 81:1

When the sun is compacted in blackness

Verse 2 — Surah At-Takwir 81:2

when the stars fall in rapid succession

Verse 3 — Surah At-Takwir 81:3

when the mountains are set in motion

Verse 4 — Surah At-Takwir 81:4

when the camels in foal are neglected

Verse 5 — Surah At-Takwir 81:5

when the wild beasts are all herded together

Verse 6 — Surah At-Takwir 81:6

when the oceans surge into each other

Verse 7 — Surah At-Takwir 81:7

when the selves are arranged into classes

Verse 8 — Surah At-Takwir 81:8

when the baby girl buried alive is asked

Verse 9 — Surah At-Takwir 81:9

for what crime she was killed

Verse 10 — Surah At-Takwir 81:10

when the Pages are opened up

Verse 11 — Surah At-Takwir 81:11

when the Heaven is peeled away

Verse 12 — Surah At-Takwir 81:12

when the Fire is set ablaze

Verse 13 — Surah At-Takwir 81:13

when the Garden is brought up close

Verse 14 — Surah At-Takwir 81:14

then each self will know what it has done

Verse 15 — Surah At-Takwir 81:15

No! I swear by the planets with their retrograde motion

Verse 16 — Surah At-Takwir 81:16

swiftly moving, self-concealing

Verse 17 — Surah At-Takwir 81:17

and by the night when it draws in

Verse 18 — Surah At-Takwir 81:18

and by the dawn when it exhales

Verse 19 — Surah At-Takwir 81:19

truly it is the speech of a noble Messenger

Verse 20 — Surah At-Takwir 81:20

possessing great strength, securely placed with the Lord of the Throne

Verse 21 — Surah At-Takwir 81:21

obeyed there, trustworthy

Verse 22 — Surah At-Takwir 81:22

Your companion is not mad

Verse 23 — Surah At-Takwir 81:23

He saw him on the clear horizon

Verse 24 — Surah At-Takwir 81:24

Nor is he miserly with the Unseen

Verse 25 — Surah At-Takwir 81:25

Nor is it the word of an accursed Shaytan

Verse 26 — Surah At-Takwir 81:26

So where, then, are you going

Verse 27 — Surah At-Takwir 81:27

It is nothing but a Reminder to all the worlds

Verse 28 — Surah At-Takwir 81:28

to whoever among you wishes to go straight

Verse 29 — Surah At-Takwir 81:29

But you will not will unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds