| | Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali rendition of Surah The Overthrowing, The Cessation(at-Takwir)
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| 81:1 | | When the sun will be rolled, (i.e., folded; compressed) |
| 81:2 | | And when the stars will be turbid |
| 81:3 | | And when the mountains will be made to travel |
| 81:4 | | And when the (she-camels) ten-months with young are untended |
| 81:5 | | And when the savage beasts will be mustered |
| 81:6 | | And when the seas will be seething |
| 81:7 | | And when the (inner) selves will be paired, (i.e., joined to their bodies |
| 81:8 | | And when the female infant buried alive will be asked |
| 81:9 | | For whichever guilty deed she was killed |
| 81:10 | | And when the Scrolls will be unrolled |
| 81:11 | | And when the heaven will be scraped off |
| 81:12 | | And when the Hell-Fire will be set blazing |
| 81:13 | | And when the Garden will be drawn within reach |
| 81:14 | | (Then) a self will know whatever it has presented |
| 81:15 | | Then no! swear by the constant sinkers |
| 81:16 | | The running "stars", the constant sinkers |
| 81:17 | | And by the night when it darkens, (Or: swarms |
| 81:18 | | And by the morning when it breathes |
| 81:19 | | Surely it is indeed the Saying of an honorable Messenger (The Angel Jibril "Gabriel" |
| 81:20 | | Owning power, established in the Providence of The Owner of the Throne |
| 81:21 | | Obeyed there, (and) devoted |
| 81:22 | | And in no ay is your companion (The Prophet) a madman |
| 81:23 | | And indeed he (The Prophet) already saw him (The Angle Jibril "Gabriel") on the evident horizon |
| 81:24 | | And in no way is he reluctant with the Unseen (i.e., the Prophet saw Jibril) |
| 81:25 | | And in no way is it the saying of an outcast Shaytan (Ever-vicious "one", i.e., devil |
| 81:26 | | Where then are you (The pronoun is plural) going |
| 81:27 | | Decidedly it is nothing except a Remembrance to the world |
| 81:28 | | For whomever of you who decides to go straight |
| 81:29 | | And in no way can you decide except "when" Allah "so" decides, The Lord of the worlds |
