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81. At-Takwir - The Overthrowing
| 1 | When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; |
| 2 | When the stars fall, losing their lustre; |
| 3 | When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); |
| 4 | When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; |
| 5 | When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); |
| 6 | When the oceans boil over with a swell; |
| 7 | When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); |
| 8 | When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - |
| 9 | For what crime she was killed; |
| 10 | When the scrolls are laid open; |
| 11 | When the world on High is unveiled; |
| 12 | When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; |
| 13 | And when the Garden is brought near;- |
| 14 | (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. |
| 15 | So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, |
| 16 | Go straight, or hide; |
| 17 | And the Night as it dissipates; |
| 18 | And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- |
| 19 | Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, |
| 20 | Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, |
| 21 | With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. |
| 22 | And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; |
| 23 | And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. |
| 24 | Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. |
| 25 | Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. |
| 26 | When whither go ye? |
| 27 | Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: |
| 28 | (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: |
| 29 | But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. |