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Surat at-takwir (Roll)

التّكوير

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اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْۖ

iżasy-syamsu kuwwirat

WHEN THEN SUNisfoldedup

وَاِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْۖ

wa iżan-nujụmungkadarat

Thestarsturndimandscatter

وَاِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْۖ

wa iżal-jibālu suyyirat

Themountainsmadetomove

وَاِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْۖ

wa iżal-'isyāru 'uṭṭilat

Theten-monthpregnantfemalecamelsareabandoned

وَاِذَا الْوُحُوْشُ حُشِرَتْۖ

wa iżal-wuḥụsyu ḥusyirat

Thewildbeastsstampedeontherun

وَاِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْۖ

wa iżal-biḥāru sujjirat

Whentheoceanssurgeandswell

وَاِذَا النُّفُوْسُ زُوِّجَتْۖ

wa iżan-nufụsu zuwwijat

Whensoulsarereunited(withthebodies)

وَاِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْۖ

wa iżal-mau`ụdatu su`ilat

Andthelittlegirlburiedaliveisasked

بِاَيِّ ذَنْۢبٍ قُتِلَتْۚ

bi`ayyi żambing qutilat

Forwhatcrimeshewasputtodeath;

وَاِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْۖ

wa iżaṣ-ṣuḥufu nusyirat

Whentheledgersarelaidopen

وَاِذَا السَّمَاۤءُ كُشِطَتْۖ

wa iżas-samā`u kusyiṭat

Thecurtaindrawnbackfromtheskies

وَاِذَا الْجَحِيْمُ سُعِّرَتْۖ

wa iżal-jaḥīmu su''irat

WhenHellissetablaze

وَاِذَا الْجَنَّةُ اُزْلِفَتْۖ

wa iżal-jannatu uzlifat

AndParadisebroughtnear

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّآ اَحْضَرَتْۗ

'alimat nafsum mā aḥḍarat

(Then)everysoulwillknowwhatithadprepared(foritself).

فَلَآ اُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِۙ

fa lā uqsimu bil-khunnas

SoIcalltherecedingstarstowitness

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِۙ

al-jawāril-kunnas

Theplanetswithdrawingintothemselves

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا عَسْعَسَۙ

wal-laili iżā 'as'as

Theclosingnight

وَالصُّبْحِ اِذَا تَنَفَّسَۙ

waṣ-ṣub-ḥi iżā tanaffas

Therisingdawn

اِنَّهٗ لَقَوْلُ رَسُوْلٍ كَرِيْمٍۙ

innahụ laqaulu rasụling karīm

ThatthisisindeedthewordofanhonouredMessenger

ذِيْ قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِى الْعَرْشِ مَكِيْنٍۙ

żī quwwatin 'inda żil-'arsyi makīn

Fullofpowerwell-established(information_schema position)withtheLordandMasteroftheThrone

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ اَمِيْنٍۗ

muṭā'in ṡamma amīn

Obeyedandworthythereoftrust.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُمْ بِمَجْنُوْنٍۚ

wa mā ṣāḥibukum bimajnụn

Yourcompanionisnotmad.

وَلَقَدْ رَاٰهُ بِالْاُفُقِ الْمُبِيْنِۚ

wa laqad ra`āhu bil-ufuqil-mubīn

HehadsurelyseenHimontheclearhorizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِيْنٍۚ

wa mā huwa 'alal-gaibi biḍanīn

Heisnotcharyofmakingpublicwhatisunknown.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطٰنٍ رَّجِيْمٍۚ

wa mā huwa biqauli syaiṭānir rajīm

Thisisnottheutteranceofanaccurseddevil.

فَاَيْنَ تَذْهَبُوْنَۗ

fa aina taż-habụn

Sowhitherdoyoustray?

اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَۙ

in huwa illā żikrul lil-'ālamīn

Thisisareminderforallthepeoplesoftheworld

لِمَنْ شَاۤءَ مِنْكُمْ اَنْ يَّسْتَقِيْمَۗ

liman syā`a mingkum ay yastaqīm

Forthoseofyouwhodesiretowalkthepaththatisstraight

وَمَا تَشَاۤءُوْنَ اِلَّآ اَنْ يَّشَاۤءَ اللّٰهُ رَبُّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَ

wa mā tasyā`ụna illā ay yasyā`allāhu rabbul-'ālamīn

ThoughyoucannotdesireexceptasGodwilltheLordofalltheworlds.