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English - Chapter 81 - At-Takwir

Translation by Dr Laleh Bakhtiar — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah At-Takwir 81:1

When the sun will be darkened

Verse 2 — Surah At-Takwir 81:2

and when the stars plunge down

Verse 3 — Surah At-Takwir 81:3

and when the mountains will be set in motion

Verse 4 — Surah At-Takwir 81:4

and when the pregnant camels are ignored

Verse 5 — Surah At-Takwir 81:5

and when the savage beasts will be assembled together

Verse 6 — Surah At-Takwir 81:6

and when the seas are caused to overflow

Verse 7 — Surah At-Takwir 81:7

and when the souls will be mated

Verse 8 — Surah At-Takwir 81:8

and when the buried infant girl will be asked

Verse 9 — Surah At-Takwir 81:9

for which impiety she was slain

Verse 10 — Surah At-Takwir 81:10

and when the scrolls will be unfolded

Verse 11 — Surah At-Takwir 81:11

and when the heaven is stripped off

Verse 12 — Surah At-Takwir 81:12

and when hellfire will be caused to burn fiercely

Verse 13 — Surah At-Takwir 81:13

and when the Garden will be brought close

Verse 14 — Surah At-Takwir 81:14

every soul will know to what it was prone

Verse 15 — Surah At-Takwir 81:15

So no! I swear an oath by the stars that recede

Verse 16 — Surah At-Takwir 81:16

by the ones that run, the setting stars

Verse 17 — Surah At-Takwir 81:17

and by the night when it swarmed

Verse 18 — Surah At-Takwir 81:18

and by the morning, when it sighed

Verse 19 — Surah At-Takwir 81:19

truly, the Quran is a saying from a generous Messenger

Verse 20 — Surah At-Takwir 81:20

possessed of strength, with the Possessor of the Throne, secure

Verse 21 — Surah At-Takwir 81:21

one who is obeyed and, again, trustworthy

Verse 22 — Surah At-Takwir 81:22

And your companion is not one who is possessed

Verse 23 — Surah At-Takwir 81:23

And, certainly, he saw him on the clear horizon

Verse 24 — Surah At-Takwir 81:24

And he is not avaricious for the unseen

Verse 25 — Surah At-Takwir 81:25

nor is it the saying of the accursed Satan

Verse 26 — Surah At-Takwir 81:26

So where are you going

Verse 27 — Surah At-Takwir 81:27

Truly, it is not but a Remembrance to the worlds

Verse 28 — Surah At-Takwir 81:28

to whoever among you willed to go straight

Verse 29 — Surah At-Takwir 81:29

But you will not, unless God wills, the Lord of the worlds