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English - Chapter 81 - At-Takwir

Translation by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah At-Takwir 81:1

When the sun will be folded up

Verse 2 — Surah At-Takwir 81:2

and when the stars will swoop 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 ten-months pregnant she-camels will be abandoned

Verse 5 — Surah At-Takwir 81:5

and when the wild beasts will be gathered together

Verse 6 — Surah At-Takwir 81:6

and when the seas will be flared up

Verse 7 — Surah At-Takwir 81:7

and when the people will be arranged in categories

Verse 8 — Surah At-Takwir 81:8

and when the girl-child that was buried alive will be asked

Verse 9 — Surah At-Takwir 81:9

for what sin she was killed

Verse 10 — Surah At-Takwir 81:10

and when the scrolls (of deeds) will be unrolled

Verse 11 — Surah At-Takwir 81:11

and when the sky will be stripped off

Verse 12 — Surah At-Takwir 81:12

and when the Hell will be set ablaze

Verse 13 — Surah At-Takwir 81:13

and when the Paradise will be brought close

Verse 14 — Surah At-Takwir 81:14

then everyone will know what he (or she) has put forward

Verse 15 — Surah At-Takwir 81:15

So, I swear by those (stars) that recede

Verse 16 — Surah At-Takwir 81:16

that proceed, that withdraw from the scene

Verse 17 — Surah At-Takwir 81:17

and by the night when it departs

Verse 18 — Surah At-Takwir 81:18

and the morning when it starts breathing

Verse 19 — Surah At-Takwir 81:19

it (the Qur‘an) is surely the word of a noble messenger (Jibra‘il X)

Verse 20 — Surah At-Takwir 81:20

the one possessing power and a high status with the Lord of the Throne

Verse 21 — Surah At-Takwir 81:21

the one obeyed there, trusted

Verse 22 — Surah At-Takwir 81:22

Your companion (Muhammad ) is not a madman

Verse 23 — Surah At-Takwir 81:23

and he did see him (Jibra‘il X) on the clear horizon

Verse 24 — Surah At-Takwir 81:24

And he (the Prophet) is not stingy about (the news of) the unseen

Verse 25 — Surah At-Takwir 81:25

Nor is it the word of an outcast satan (devil)

Verse 26 — Surah At-Takwir 81:26

Then where are you going

Verse 27 — Surah At-Takwir 81:27

It is nothing else but a message of advice for all the worlds

Verse 28 — Surah At-Takwir 81:28

for the benefit of any one from among you who intends to go straight

Verse 29 — Surah At-Takwir 81:29

And you cannot intend (to do anything) unless it is so willed by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds