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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
When the sun shall be darkened,
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At-Takwir
سورة التكوير
The Overthrowing • 29 ayat • Makkiyyah
Translated by A. J. Arberry
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ
when the stars shall be thrown down,
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وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
when the mountains shall be set moving,
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وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
when the pregnant camels shall be neglected,
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وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ
when the savage beasts shall be mustered,
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وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
when the seas shall be set boiling,
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وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
when the souls shall be coupled,
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وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
when the buried infant shall be asked
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بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ
for what sin she was slain,
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وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
when the scrolls shall be unrolled,
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وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
when heaven shall be stripped off;
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وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
when Hell shall be set blazing,
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وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ
when Paradise shall be brought nigh,
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ
then shall a soul know what it has produced.
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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
No! I swear by the slinkers,
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الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ
the runners, the sinkers,
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
by the night swarming,
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وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
by the dawn sighing,
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إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
truly this is the word of a noble Messenger
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ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ
having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure,
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مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
obeyed, moreover trusty.
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ
Your companion is not possessed;
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وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
he truly saw him on the clear horizon;
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ
he is not niggardly of the Unseen.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ
And it is not the word of an accursed Satan;
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ
where then are you going?
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings,
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لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ
for whosoever of you who would go straight;
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وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being.