81. At-Takwir سُورَةُ التَّكۡوِيرِ

Yusuf AliWhen the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up

Saheeh InternationalWhen the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Yusuf AliWhen the stars fall, losing their lustre

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the stars fall, dispersing

Yusuf AliWhen the mountains vanish (like a mirage)

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the mountains are removed

Yusuf AliWhen the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended

Saheeh InternationalAnd when full-term she-camels are neglected

Yusuf AliWhen the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations)

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the wild beasts are gathered

Yusuf AliWhen the oceans boil over with a swell

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the seas are filled with flame

Yusuf AliWhen the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like)

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the souls are paired

Yusuf AliWhen the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked

Yusuf AliFor what crime she was killed

Saheeh InternationalFor what sin she was killed

Yusuf AliWhen the scrolls are laid open

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the pages are made public

Yusuf AliWhen the world on High is unveiled

Saheeh InternationalAnd when the sky is stripped away

Yusuf AliWhen the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat

Saheeh InternationalAnd when Hellfire is set ablaze

Yusuf AliAnd when the Garden is brought near

Saheeh InternationalAnd when Paradise is brought near

Yusuf Ali(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward

Saheeh InternationalA soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]

Yusuf AliSo verily I call to witness the planets - that recede

Saheeh InternationalSo I swear by the retreating stars

Yusuf AliGo straight, or hide

Saheeh InternationalThose that run [their courses] and disappear

Yusuf AliAnd the Night as it dissipates

Saheeh InternationalAnd by the night as it closes in

Yusuf AliAnd the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness

Saheeh InternationalAnd by the dawn when it breathes

Yusuf AliVerily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger

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

Yusuf AliEndued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne

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

Yusuf AliWith authority there, (and) faithful to his trust

Saheeh InternationalObeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy

Yusuf AliAnd (O people!) your companion is not one possessed

Saheeh InternationalAnd your companion is not [at all] mad

Yusuf AliAnd without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon

Saheeh InternationalAnd he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon

Yusuf AliNeither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen

Saheeh InternationalAnd Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen

Yusuf AliNor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed

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

Yusuf AliWhen whither go ye

Saheeh InternationalSo where are you going

Yusuf AliVerily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds

Saheeh InternationalIt is not except a reminder to the worlds

Yusuf Ali(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight

Saheeh InternationalFor whoever wills among you to take a right course

Yusuf AliBut ye shall not will except as God wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds

Saheeh InternationalAnd you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds