Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 81. Sayfa

 

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 81:

 

AT-TAKWIR (THE OVERTHROWING)

 

Total Verses: 29

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

081.001

YUSUFALI: When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

PICKTHAL: When the sun is overthrown,

SHAKIR: When the sun is covered,

 

081.002

YUSUFALI: When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

PICKTHAL: And when the stars fall,

SHAKIR: And when the stars darken,

 

081.003

YUSUFALI: When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

PICKTHAL: And when the hills are moved,

SHAKIR: And when the mountains are made to pass away,

 

081.004

YUSUFALI: When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

PICKTHAL: And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

SHAKIR: And when the camels are left untended,

 

081.005

YUSUFALI: When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

PICKTHAL: And when the wild beasts are herded together,

SHAKIR: And when the wild animals are made to go forth,

 

081.006

YUSUFALI: When the oceans boil over with a swell;

PICKTHAL: And when the seas rise,

SHAKIR: And when the seas are set on fire,

 

081.007

YUSUFALI: When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

PICKTHAL: And when souls are reunited,

SHAKIR: And when souls are united,

 

081.008

YUSUFALI: When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

PICKTHAL: And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked

SHAKIR: And when the female infant buried alive is asked

 

081.009

YUSUFALI: For what crime she was killed;

PICKTHAL: For what sin she was slain,

SHAKIR: For what sin she was killed,

 

081.010

YUSUFALI: When the scrolls are laid open;

PICKTHAL: And when the pages are laid open,

SHAKIR: And when the books are spread,

 

081.011

YUSUFALI: When the world on High is unveiled;

PICKTHAL: And when the sky is torn away,

SHAKIR: And when the heaven has its covering removed,

 

081.012

YUSUFALI: When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

PICKTHAL: And when hell is lighted,

SHAKIR: And when the hell is kindled up,

 

081.013

YUSUFALI: And when the Garden is brought near;-

PICKTHAL: And when the Garden is brought nigh,

SHAKIR: And when the garden is brought nigh,

 

081.014

YUSUFALI: (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

PICKTHAL: (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

SHAKIR: Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.

 

081.015

YUSUFALI: So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

PICKTHAL: Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

SHAKIR: But nay! I swear by the stars,

 

081.016

YUSUFALI: Go straight, or hide;

PICKTHAL: The stars which rise and set,

SHAKIR: That run their course (and) hide themselves,

 

081.017

YUSUFALI: And the Night as it dissipates;

PICKTHAL: And the close of night,

SHAKIR: And the night when it departs,

 

081.018

YUSUFALI: And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

PICKTHAL: And the breath of morning

SHAKIR: And the morning when it brightens,

 

081.019

YUSUFALI: Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

PICKTHAL: That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

SHAKIR: Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,

 

081.020

YUSUFALI: Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

PICKTHAL: Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

SHAKIR: The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,

 

081.021

YUSUFALI: With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

PICKTHAL: (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

SHAKIR: One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.

 

081.022

YUSUFALI: And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

PICKTHAL: And your comrade is not mad.

SHAKIR: And your companion is not gone mad.

 

081.023

YUSUFALI: And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

PICKTHAL: Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

SHAKIR: And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.

 

081.024

YUSUFALI: Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

PICKTHAL: And he is not avid of the Unseen.

SHAKIR: Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.

 

081.025

YUSUFALI: Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

PICKTHAL: Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

SHAKIR: Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,

 

081.026

YUSUFALI: When whither go ye?

PICKTHAL: Whither then go ye?

SHAKIR: Whither then will you go?

 

081.027

YUSUFALI: Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

PICKTHAL: This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

SHAKIR: It is naught but a reminder for the nations,

 

081.028

YUSUFALI: (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

PICKTHAL: Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

SHAKIR: For him among you who pleases to go straight.

 

081.029

YUSUFALI: But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.

PICKTHAL: And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

SHAKIR: And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.

 

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