سورةالتكوير {٨١} 81. AT-TAKWIIR
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ {١} 1. (On the day) when the sun is made to cease shining,
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ {٢} 2. the stars are made to fade away,
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ {٣} 3. the mountains are scattered about as dust,
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ {٤} 4. the young barren camels are abandoned,
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ {٥} 5. the wild beasts are herded together,
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ {٦} 6. the oceans are brought to a boil,
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ {٧} 7. souls are reunited with their bodies,
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ {٨} 8. questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive,
بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ {٩} 9. such as, "For what crime were they murdered?"
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ {١٠} 10. the records of deeds are made public,
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ {١١} 11. the heavens are unveiled,
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ {١٢} 12. hell is made to blaze,
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ {١٣} 13. and Paradise is brought near,
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ {١٤} 14. then every soul will discover the consequence of its deeds.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ {١٥} 15. I do not need to swear by the orbiting
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ {١٦} 16. stars which are visible during the night
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ {١٧} 17. and sit during the day, or by the darkening night
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ {١٨} 18. and brightening morning,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ {١٩} 19. that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ {٢٠} 20. who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ {٢١} 21. obeyed by (all creatures) and faithful to His trust.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ {٢٢} 22. Your companion (Muhammad) does not suffer from any mental illness
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ {٢٣} 23. He certainly saw him (Gabriel) high up on the horizon in his original form
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ {٢٤} 24. He (Muhammad) is not accused of lying about the unseen.
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ {٢٥} 25. The Quran is not the word of condemned satan.
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ {٢٦} 26. Where then will you go?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ {٢٧} 27. This is certainly the guidance for all (jinn and mankind).
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ {٢٨} 28. So let those who want, choose the right guidance
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ {٢٩} 29. However, you will not be able to choose anything unless God, Lord of the Universe wills it to be so.
Al-Qur'an Today @2006