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At-Takwir · The Overthrowing

29 ayahs Makki Page 586 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhen the sun is overthrown,

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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the stars fall,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the hills are moved,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the camels big with young are abandoned,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the wild beasts are herded together,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the seas rise,

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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when souls are reunited,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallFor what sin she was slain,

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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the pages are laid open,

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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the sky is torn away,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when hell is lighted,

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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd when the Garden is brought nigh,

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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOh, but I call to witness the planets,

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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe stars which rise and set,

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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the close of night,

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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the breath of morning

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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallMighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

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مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall(One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd your comrade is not mad.

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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSurely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd he is not avid of the Unseen.

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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhither then go ye?

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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThis is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallUnto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

Mishary Rashid AlafasyMurattal · At-Takwir
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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).