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English - Chapter 81 - At-Takwir

Translation by Edward Henry Palmer — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah At-Takwir 81:1

When the sun is folded up

Verse 2 — Surah At-Takwir 81:2

And when the stars do fall

Verse 3 — Surah At-Takwir 81:3

And when the mountains are moved

Verse 4 — Surah At-Takwir 81:4

And when the she-camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected

Verse 5 — Surah At-Takwir 81:5

And when the beasts shall be crowded together

Verse 6 — Surah At-Takwir 81:6

And when the seas shall surge up

Verse 7 — Surah At-Takwir 81:7

And when souls shall be paired with bodies

Verse 8 — Surah At-Takwir 81:8

And when the child who was buried alive shall be asked

Verse 9 — Surah At-Takwir 81:9

for what sin she was slain

Verse 10 — Surah At-Takwir 81:10

And when the pages shall be spread out

Verse 11 — Surah At-Takwir 81:11

And when the heaven shall be flayed

Verse 12 — Surah At-Takwir 81:12

And when hell shall be set ablaze

Verse 13 — Surah At-Takwir 81:13

And when Paradise shall be brought nigh

Verse 14 — Surah At-Takwir 81:14

The soul shall know what it has produced

Verse 15 — Surah At-Takwir 81:15

I need not swear by the stars that slink back

Verse 16 — Surah At-Takwir 81:16

moving swiftly, slinking into their dens

Verse 17 — Surah At-Takwir 81:17

Nor by the night when darkness draws on

Verse 18 — Surah At-Takwir 81:18

Nor by the morn when it first breathes up

Verse 19 — Surah At-Takwir 81:19

Verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle

Verse 20 — Surah At-Takwir 81:20

mighty, standing sure with the Lord of the throne

Verse 21 — Surah At-Takwir 81:21

obeyed and trusty too

Verse 22 — Surah At-Takwir 81:22

Your comrade is not mad

Verse 23 — Surah At-Takwir 81:23

he saw him on the plain horizon

Verse 24 — Surah At-Takwir 81:24

nor does he grudge to communicate the unseen

Verse 25 — Surah At-Takwir 81:25

Nor is it the speech of a pelted devil

Verse 26 — Surah At-Takwir 81:26

Then whither do ye go

Verse 27 — Surah At-Takwir 81:27

It is but a reminder to the worlds

Verse 28 — Surah At-Takwir 81:28

to whomsoever of you pleases to go straight

Verse 29 — Surah At-Takwir 81:29

but ye will not please, except God, the Lord of the world, should please