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Translation of the Holy Quran by Dr.
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The Folding up
- Chapter 81
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ
الرَّحِيمِ |
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In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful |
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إِذَا
الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ |
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When the sun is folded up, implodes (and
loses its light). |
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وَإِذَا
النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ |
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And when the stars become darkened and
scattered, |
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وَإِذَا
الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ |
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And when the mountains are set in motion, |
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وَإِذَا
الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ |
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And when the she-camels (so appreciated by
their owners) are left neglected and disregarded, |
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وَإِذَا
الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ |
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And when the wild beasts get herded together, |
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وَإِذَا
الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ |
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And when the sea boil over with fire, |
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وَإِذَا
النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ |
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And when the similar souls are joined in
company. |
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وَإِذَا
الْمَوْؤُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ |
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And when the girl infant who was buried
alive is asked,
(people such as pagan Arabs, before Islam, buried many of their
infant girls a live), |
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“For what sin was she killed?” |
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وَإِذَا
الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ |
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And when the pages of Records of deeds of
everyone are laid open. |
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وَإِذَا
السَّمَاء كُشِطَتْ |
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And when the sky is stripped off, |
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وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ |
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And when the Hell-Fire is set ablaze. |
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وَإِذَا
الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ |
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And when the Garden (of Paradise) is brought ever nearer
(to pious people). |
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عَلِمَتْ
نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ |
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Then every person shall know what he (or she)
has brought forth (for his Afterlife). |
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فَلَا
أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ |
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So consider, by those (stars) which
orbit, appear, recede and disappear. |
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Those which run their course and set and
disappear. |
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وَاللَّيْلِ
إِذَا عَسْعَسَ |
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And by the night as it leaves (its darkness
decreases), |
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وَالصُّبْحِ
إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ |
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And the morning, as it becomes ever brighter. |
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إِنَّهُ
لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ |
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That truly this (Quran) is the Word brought
by the honorable messenger (angel Gabriel). |
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ذِي قُوَّةٍ
عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ |
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Given power (by God and) in high esteem in
the Presence of the Lord of the Universe. |
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Well obeyed (by other angels), moreover
trustworthy. |
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وَمَا
صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ |
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And that your companion (Muhammad) is not a
madman. |
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وَلَقَدْ
رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ |
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He (Muhammad) indeed saw him (the Angel
Gabriel) in the clear horizon. |
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وَمَا هُوَ
عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ |
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And he is not about to withhold information
about the normally invisible entity. |
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وَمَا هُوَ
بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَجِيمٍ |
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And it (the Quran) is not the word of Satan,
the outcast. |
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So which way are you going to choose? |
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إِنْ هُوَ
إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ |
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Certainly it (the Quran) is just a Reminder
to all people of the world. |
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لِمَن شَاء
مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ |
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For whomever among you who wishes to become
upright. |
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وَمَا تَشَاؤُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ
رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ |
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But you can not just will, unless God so
wills, the Lord of the worlds. |
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