At-Takwir

    The Overthrowing • 29 verses

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

    In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    And when the mountains are removed

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    And when full-term she-camels are neglected

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

    And when the seas are filled with flame

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    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

    And when the souls are paired

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

    And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

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    بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍۢ قُتِلَتْ

    For what sin she was killed

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    وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

    And when the pages are made public

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    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ

    And when the sky is stripped away

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

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    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

    And when Paradise is brought near,

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    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌۭ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ

    A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it].

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    فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ

    So I swear by the retreating stars -

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    ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ

    Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

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    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

    And by the night as it closes in

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    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes

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    إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

    [That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

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    ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍۢ

    [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position],

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    مُّطَاعٍۢ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍۢ

    Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

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    وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

    And your companion is not [at all] mad.

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    وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

    And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

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    وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍۢ

    And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

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    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍۢ رَّجِيمٍۢ

    And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].

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    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?

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    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    It is not except a reminder to the worlds

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    لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

    For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

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    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.

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