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81. At-Takwir - The Overthrowing
| 1 | When the sun shall be darkened, |
| 2 | when the stars shall be thrown down, |
| 3 | when the mountains shall be set moving, |
| 4 | when the pregnant camels shall be neglected, |
| 5 | when the savage beasts shall be mustered, |
| 6 | when the seas shall be set boiling, |
| 7 | when the souls shall be coupled, |
| 8 | when the buried infant shall be asked |
| 9 | for what sin she was slain, |
| 10 | when the scrolls shall be unrolled, |
| 11 | when heaven shall be stripped off; |
| 12 | when Hell shall be set blazing, |
| 13 | when Paradise shall be brought nigh, |
| 14 | then shall a soul know what it has produced. |
| 15 | No! I swear by the slinkers, |
| 16 | the runners, the sinkers, |
| 17 | by the night swarming, |
| 18 | by the dawn sighing, |
| 19 | truly this is the word of a noble Messenger |
| 20 | having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure, |
| 21 | obeyed, moreover trusty. |
| 22 | Your companion is not possessed; |
| 23 | he truly saw him on the clear horizon; |
| 24 | he is not niggardly of the Unseen. |
| 25 | And it is not the word of an accursed Satan; |
| 26 | where then are you going? |
| 27 | It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, |
| 28 | for whosoever of you who would go straight; |
| 29 | but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. |