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At-Takwir (#81)
Arabic
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ bismillāhir raḥmānir raḥīm In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.
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إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ idhash shamsu kuwwirat When the sun is wound up,
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ wa idhan nujūmun-kadarat when the stars scatter,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ wa idhal jibālu suyyirat when the mountains are set moving,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ wa idhal `ishāru `uṭṭilat when the pregnant camels are neglected,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ wa idhal wuḥūshu ḥushirat when the wild beasts are mustered,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ wa idhal biḥāru sujjirat when the seas are set afire,
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وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ wa idhan nufūsu zuwwijat when the souls are assorted,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ wa idhal maw-ū-datu su-ilat when the girl buried-alive will be asked
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بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ bi-ayyi dhanbin qutilat for what sin she was killed.
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وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ wa idhaṣ ṣuḥufu nushirat When the records [of deeds] are unfolded,
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وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتْ wa idhas samā-u kushiṭat when the sky is stripped off,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ wa idhal jaḥīmu su``irat when hell is set ablaze,
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وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ wa idhal jannatu uzlifat when paradise is brought near,
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ أَحْضَرَتْ `alimat nafsun mā aḥḍarat then a soul shall know what it has readied [for itself].
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فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ falā uqsimu bil khunnas So I swear by the stars that return,
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ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ al-jawāril kunnas the comets,
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ wal layli idhā `as`as by the night as it approaches,
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وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ waṣ ṣubḥi idhā tanaffas by the dawn as it breathes:
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إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ innahu laqawlu rasūlin karīm it is indeed the speech of a noble apostle,
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ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ dhī quwwatin `inda dhil `arshi makīn powerful and eminent with the Lord of the Throne,
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مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ muṭā`in thamma amīn one who is obeyed and is trustworthy as well.
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وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ wa mā ṣāḥibukum bimajnūn Your companion is not crazy:
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وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ walaqad ra-āhu bil-ufuqil mubīn certainly he saw him on the manifest horizon,
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وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ wa mā huwa `alal-ghaybi biḍanīn and he is not miserly concerning the Unseen.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَـٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ wa mā huwa biqawli shayṭānin rajīm And it is not the speech of an outcast Satan.
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فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ fa-ayna tadh-habūn So where are you going?
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ in huwa illā dhikrul lil`ālamīn It is just a reminder for all the nations,
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لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ liman shā-a minkum an yastaqīm for those of you who wish to walk straight;
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وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ wa mā tashā-ūna illā an yashā-allāhu rabbul `ālamīn but you will not wish unless it is wished by Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
