| | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar rendition of Surah The Overthrowing, The Cessation(at-Takwir)
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| 81:1 | | When the sun will be darkened |
| 81:2 | | and when the stars plunge down |
| 81:3 | | and when the mountains will be set in motion |
| 81:4 | | and when the pregnant camels are ignored |
| 81:5 | | and when the savage beasts will be assembled together |
| 81:6 | | and when the seas are caused to overflow |
| 81:7 | | and when the souls will be mated |
| 81:8 | | and when the buried infant girl will be asked |
| 81:9 | | for which impiety she was slain |
| 81:10 | | and when the scrolls will be unfolded |
| 81:11 | | and when the heaven is stripped off |
| 81:12 | | and when hellfire will be caused to burn fiercely |
| 81:13 | | and when the Garden will be brought close, |
| 81:14 | | every soul will know to what it was prone. |
| 81:15 | | So no! I swear an oath by the stars that recede, |
| 81:16 | | by the ones that run, the setting stars |
| 81:17 | | and by the night when it swarmed |
| 81:18 | | and by the morning, when it sighed, |
| 81:19 | | truly, the Quran is a saying from a generous Messenger, |
| 81:20 | | possessed of strength, with the Possessor of the Throne, secure, |
| 81:21 | | one who is obeyed and, again, trustworthy. |
| 81:22 | | And your companion is not one who is possessed. |
| 81:23 | | And, certainly, he saw him on the clear horizon. |
| 81:24 | | And he is not avaricious for the unseen, |
| 81:25 | | nor is it the saying of the accursed Satan. |
| 81:26 | | So where are you going? |
| 81:27 | | Truly, it is not but a Remembrance to the worlds |
| 81:28 | | to whoever among you willed to go straight. |
| 81:29 | | But you will not, unless God wills, the Lord of the worlds. |
