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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