| | John Medows Rodwell rendition of Surah The Overthrowing, The Cessation(at-Takwir)
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| 81:1 | | WHEN the sun shall be FOLDED UP |
| 81:2 | | And when the stars shall fall |
| 81:3 | | And when the mountains shall be set in motion |
| 81:4 | | And when the she-camels shall be abandoned |
| 81:5 | | And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together |
| 81:6 | | And when the seas shall boil |
| 81:7 | | And when souls shall be paired with their bodies |
| 81:8 | | And when the female child that had been buried alive shall be aske |
| 81:9 | | For what crime she was put to death |
| 81:10 | | And when the leaves of the Book shall be unrolled |
| 81:11 | | And when the Heaven shall be stripped away |
| 81:12 | | And when Hell shall be made to blaze |
| 81:13 | | And when Paradise shall be brought near |
| 81:14 | | Every soul shall know what it hath produced |
| 81:15 | | It needs not that I swear by the stars of retrograde motion |
| 81:16 | | Which move swiftly and hide themselves away |
| 81:17 | | And by the night when it cometh darkening on |
| 81:18 | | And by the dawn when it brighteneth |
| 81:19 | | That this is the word of an illustrious Messenger |
| 81:20 | | Endued with power, having influence with the Lord of the Throne |
| 81:21 | | Obeyed there by Angels, faithful to his trust |
| 81:22 | | And your compatriot is not one possessed by djinn |
| 81:23 | | For he saw him in the clear horizon |
| 81:24 | | Nor doth he grapple with heaven's secrets |
| 81:25 | | Nor doth he teach the doctrine of a cursed Satan |
| 81:26 | | Whither then are ye going |
| 81:27 | | Verily, this is no other than a warning to all creatures |
| 81:28 | | To him among you who willeth to walk in a straight path |
| 81:29 | | But will it ye shall not, unless as God willeth it, the Lord of the worlds |
