سورةالتكوير {٨١} 81. AT-TAKWIIR
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ {١} 1. When/if the sun`s light rolled/rotated .
وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ {٢} 2. And when/if the stars/planets became dispersed/dulled .
وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ {٣} 3. And when/if the mountains were made to move .
وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ {٤} 4. And when/if the female camels and other livestock over ten months pregnant were abandoned/left unsupervised (miscarried) .
وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ {٥} 5. And when/if the wild beasts were gathered.
وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ {٦} 6. And when/if the seas/oceans filled and over flowed.
وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ {٧} 7. And when/if the selves were made in pairs/couples .
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ {٨} 8. And when/if the buried alive was asked/questioned:
بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ {٩} 9. With (because of) which crime it was killed?
وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ {١٠} 10. And when/if the written pages (scriptures) were spread/publicized .
وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ {١١} 11. And when/if the sky/space was skimmed/scraped off/uncovered.
وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ {١٢} 12. And when/if the Hell was ignited/blazed .
وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ {١٣} 13. And when/if the Paradise was advanced/brought near.
عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ {١٤} 14. A self knew what it presented/brought.
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ {١٥} 15. So I do not swear/make oath by the planets .
الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ {١٦} 16. The flowing/orbiting , the orbiting/sweeping planets/stars.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ {١٧} 17. And the night when/if (it) passed/lightened .
وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ {١٨} 18. And the morning/daybreak when/if (it) breathed in or out (began).
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ {١٩} 19. That it truly is an honored/generous messenger`s word/statement/declaration (E).
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ {٢٠} 20. (Owner) of power at (owner) of the throne highly positioned/distinguished .
مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ {٢١} 21. Obeyed there at the same time or place, faithful/loyal .
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُونٍ {٢٢} 22. And your companion/friend is not with mad/insane.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ {٢٣} 23. And he/He had seen/understood him/Him at the horizon/direction, the clear/evident .
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ {٢٤} 24. And he is not on the unseen/supernatural (future) with withholding/clinging .
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ {٢٥} 25. And it is not with a cursed/expelled devil`s saying/statement .
فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ {٢٦} 26. So where (do) you go ?
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ {٢٧} 27. That truly it is except a reminder to the creations all together/(universes).
لِمَنْ شَاءَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَقِيمَ {٢٨} 28. To who willed/wanted from you that (E) to be straight/direct.
وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ {٢٩} 29. And you do not want/will/intend except that (E) (if) God wants/wills/intends, the creations all together`s/(universe`s) Lord.
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