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At-Takwir


(81:1) When the sun shall be folded up,1

(81:2) when the stars shall scatter away,2

(81:3) when the mountains shall be set in motion,3

(81:4) when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned,4

(81:5) when the savage beasts shall be brought together,5

(81:6) when the seas shall be set boiling,6

(81:7) when7 the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies),
8

(81:8) and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked:

(81:9) for what offence was she killed?9

(81:10) and when the scrolls of (men's) deeds shall be unfolded,

(81:11) and when Heaven is laid bare;0

(81:12) and Hell is stoked,

(81:13) and Paradise brought nigh:1

(81:14) then shall each person know what he has brought along.

(81:15) No indeed;2 I swear by the alternating stars

(81:16) that hide,

(81:17) and by the night as it recedes,

(81:18) and the morn as it breathes.3

(81:19) Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer;4

(81:20) one mighty5 and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne;

(81:21) there he is obeyed6 and held trustworthy.7

(81:22) (O people of Makkah), your companion8 is not mad;

(81:23) he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon;9

(81:24) nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen;0

(81:25) nor is it a word of an accursed Satan.1

(81:26) Where to are you then heading?

(81:27) It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world,

(81:28) for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way;2

(81:29) but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe,
so wishes.3