81: The Overthrowing (سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ)
Revealed in Makkah. Number of ayahs: 29
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| Ayah | Text in عربي, English (Yusuf Ali translation), عربي (بدون تشكيل) and transliteration |
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| 1 |
 When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إذا الشمس كورت
Izash shamsu kuwwirat
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| 2 |
 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
وإذا النجوم انكدرت
Wa izan nujoomun kadarat
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| 3 |
 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);
وإذا الجبال سيرت
Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat
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| 4 |
 When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
وإذا العشار عطلت
Wa izal ‘ishaaru ‘uttilat
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| 5 |
 When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);
وإذا الوحوش حشرت
Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat
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| 6 |
 When the oceans boil over with a swell;
وإذا البحار سجرت
Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat
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| 7 |
 When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
وإذا النفوس زوجت
Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat
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| 8 |
 When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned –
وإذا الموءودة سئلت
Wa izal maw’oodatu su’ilat
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| 9 |
 For what crime she was killed;
بأي ذنب قتلت
Bi ayyi zambin qutilat
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| 10 |
 When the scrolls are laid open;
وإذا الصحف نشرت
Wa izas suhufu nushirat
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| 11 |
 When the world on High is unveiled;
وإذا السماء كشطت
Wa izas samaaa’u kushitat
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| 12 |
 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;
وإذا الجحيم سعرت
Wa izal jaheemu su’-‘irat
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| 13 |
 And when the Garden is brought near;-
وإذا الجنة أزلفت
Wa izal jannatu uzlifat
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| 14 |
 (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.
علمت نفس ما أحضرت
‘Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat
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| 15 |
 So verily I call to witness the planets – that recede,
فلا أقسم بالخنس
Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas
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| 16 |
 Go straight, or hide;
الجوار الكنس
Al jawaaril kunnas
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| 17 |
 And the Night as it dissipates;
والليل إذا عسعس
Wallaili izaa ‘as’as
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| 18 |
 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-
والصبح إذا تنفس
Wassubhi izaa tanaffas
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| 19 |
 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,
إنه لقول رسول كريم
Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem
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| 20 |
 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,
ذي قوة عند ذي العرش مكين
Zee quwwatin ‘inda zil ‘arshi makeen
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| 21 |
 With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.
مطاع ثم أمين
Mutaa’in samma ameen
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| 22 |
 And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;
وما صاحبكم بمجنون
Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon
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| 23 |
 And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
ولقد رآه بالأفق المبين
Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen
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| 24 |
 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.
وما هو على الغيب بضنين
Wa maa huwa ‘alal ghaibi bidaneen
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| 25 |
 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
وما هو بقول شيطان رجيم
Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem
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| 26 |
 When whither go ye?
فأين تذهبون
Fa ayna tazhaboon
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| 27 |
 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:
إن هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
In huwa illaa zikrul lil’aalameen
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| 28 |
 (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:
لمن شاء منكم أن يستقيم
Liman shaaa’a minkum ai yastaqeem
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| 29 |
 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.
وما تشاءون إلا أن يشاء الله رب العالمين
Wa maa tashaaa’oona illaaa ai yashaaa ‘al laahu Rabbul ‘Aalameen
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