| | The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab rendition of Surah The Overthrowing, The Cessation(at-Takwir)
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| 81:1 | | When the sun is put out, |
| 81:1 | | When the sun is put out, |
| 81:2 | | and when the stars fall down, |
| 81:2 | | and when the stars fall down, |
| 81:3 | | and when the mountains are blown away, |
| 81:3 | | and when the mountains are blown away, |
| 81:4 | | and when pregnant camels are left untended, |
| 81:4 | | and when pregnant camels are left untended, |
| 81:5 | | and when wild beasts are gathered together, |
| 81:5 | | and when wild beasts are gathered together, |
| 81:6 | | and when the seas are set on fire, |
| 81:6 | | and when the seas are set on fire, |
| 81:7 | | and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺, |
| 81:7 | | and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺, |
| 81:8 | | and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked |
| 81:8 | | and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked |
| 81:9 | | for what crime they were put to death, |
| 81:9 | | for what crime they were put to death, |
| 81:10 | | and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open, |
| 81:10 | | and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open, |
| 81:11 | | and when the sky is stripped away, |
| 81:11 | | and when the sky is stripped away, |
| 81:12 | | and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up, |
| 81:12 | | and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up, |
| 81:13 | | and when Paradise is brought near— |
| 81:13 | | and when Paradise is brought near— |
| 81:14 | | ˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along. |
| 81:14 | | ˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along. |
| 81:15 | | I do swear by the receding stars |
| 81:15 | | I do swear by the receding stars |
| 81:16 | | which travel and hide, |
| 81:16 | | which travel and hide, |
| 81:17 | | and the night as it falls |
| 81:17 | | and the night as it falls |
| 81:18 | | and the day as it breaks! |
| 81:18 | | and the day as it breaks! |
| 81:19 | | Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel, |
| 81:19 | | Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel, |
| 81:20 | | full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne, |
| 81:20 | | full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne, |
| 81:21 | | obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy. |
| 81:21 | | obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy. |
| 81:22 | | And your fellow man is not insane. |
| 81:22 | | And your fellow man is not insane. |
| 81:23 | | And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon, |
| 81:23 | | And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon, |
| 81:24 | | and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen. |
| 81:24 | | and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen. |
| 81:25 | | And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil. |
| 81:25 | | And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil. |
| 81:26 | | So what ˹other˺ path would you take? |
| 81:26 | | So what ˹other˺ path would you take? |
| 81:27 | | Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world— |
| 81:27 | | Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world— |
| 81:28 | | to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way. |
| 81:28 | | to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way. |
| 81:29 | | But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds. |
| 81:29 | | But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds. |
