81
The Overthrowing
81:1
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ
When the sun is put out,
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81:2
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ
and when the stars fall down,
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81:3
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ
and when the mountains are blown away,
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81:4
وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ
and when pregnant camels are left untended,
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81:5
وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ
and when wild beasts are gathered together,
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81:6
وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ
and when the seas are set on fire,
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81:7
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ
and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,
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81:8
وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ
and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked
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81:9
بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ
for what crime they were put to death,
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81:10
وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ
and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open,
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81:11
وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ
and when the sky is stripped away,
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81:12
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ
and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,
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81:13
وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ
and when Paradise is brought near—
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81:14
عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ
˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.
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81:15
فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ
I do swear by the receding stars
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81:16
ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ
which travel and hide,
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81:17
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ
and the night as it falls
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81:18
وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
and the day as it breaks!
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81:19
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ
Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel,
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81:20
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ
full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,
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81:21
مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ
obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.
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81:22
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ
And your fellow man is not insane.
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81:23
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,
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81:24
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ
and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.
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81:25
وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ
And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.
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81:26
فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ
So what ˹other˺ path would you take?
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81:27
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—
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81:28
لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ
to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.
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81:29
وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.
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