English - Yusuf Ali
Surah At-Takwir ( The Overthrowing ) - Aya count 29
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
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When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
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And when the stars fall, dispersing,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
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And when the mountains are removed
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
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And when full-term she-camels are neglected
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
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And when the wild beasts are gathered
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
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And when the seas are filled with flame
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
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And when the souls are paired
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
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And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked
بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
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For what sin she was killed
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
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And when the pages are made public
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
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And when the sky is stripped away
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
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And when Hellfire is set ablaze
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
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And when Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
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A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
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So I swear by the retreating stars -
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
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Those that run [their courses] and disappear -
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
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And by the night as it closes in
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
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And by the dawn when it breathes
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
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[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
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[Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
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Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
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And your companion is not [at all] mad.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
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And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
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And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
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And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
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So where are you going?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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It is not except a reminder to the worlds
لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ
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For whoever wills among you to take a right course.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.