At-Takwir
التكوير29 āyāt · 23 tafsīrs
إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ
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1. When the mass of the sun is gathered and its light vanishes.
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وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ
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2. When the stars fall one after the other and their light is taken away.
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وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ
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3. When the mountains are moved from their places.
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وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ
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4. When pregnant she-camels, which were their most valuable wealth, are neglected by being abandoned by their owners.
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al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE
e set in motion, [when] they are blown away from the face of the earth, becoming as scattered duSt, [81:4] and when the pregnant camels are negleded, abandoned without a herdsman or anyone to milk them, on account of the matter that has come over them — even though [previously] no wealth was dearer to them than these [pregnant camels]; [81:5] and when the wild beaSls are muttered, [when they are] brought together after being resurrected so that each of them may retaliate againSt the other, before becoming duSt; [81:6] and when the seas are set afire (read sujirat or sujjirat), [when] the…
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5. When wild animals are gathered with human beings on one plain.
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وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ
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6. When the seas are lit until they become a fire.
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وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ
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7. When souls are joined with their likeness. A sinner will be joined with a sinner and a pious person will be joined with a pious person.
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mass of] fire; [81:7] and when the soids are coupled, [when they are] paired up with their bodies; [81:8] and when the girl buried-alive, the young girl buried alive for fear of shame and impoverishment, asks — in rebuke of its slayer — [81 .9] for what sin she was slain ( sa’alat, ‘asks’: a variant reading has suilat, ‘[she] is asked’, narrating the address directed to her, to which she then re^onds by saying, ‘I was slain without [having committed] any sin); [81:10] and when the scrolls, the scrolls containing the deeds, are unrolled (read nushirat or nushshirat ), [when they are] unf…
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8. When the girl buried alive is asked by Allah.
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بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ
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9. For what crime were you killed by the person who killed you?
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وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ
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10. When the servants’ books of deeds are spread open, so that each person can read his book of deeds.
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وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ
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11. When the sky is stripped like how the skin is stripped away from a sheep.
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وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ
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12. When the Fire is lit.
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the heaven is Stripped off, torn away from its place, just as the skin of a sheep is stripped off; [81:12] and when the Hell-fire is set ablaze (read suir at or su’irat), [when it is] set alight; [81:13] an d when Paradise is brought near, [when it is] brought close to those who have merited it, that they may enter it (the re^Jionse to idha, ‘when’, at the beginning of the sura and all that has been supple¬ mented thereto is [the following]): [81:14] [then] a sold, every soul, at the time of the [occurrence of the] things mentioned, which is the Day of Resurrection, will know what it has…
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13. When Paradise is brought near to those who are Mindful.
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عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ
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14. When that occurs, every soul will know what actions it sent forward for that day.
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فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ
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15. Allah took an oath by the stars that are hidden until they emerge at night.
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has presented, of good or evil. [81:15] So I swear (fa-la: la is extra) by the receding [planets], [81:16] the movers, the setters, that is, the five planets: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury (ta- khnusu means ‘they sink away’ during their orbit, whereas we see £tars at the end of their zodiacal course return to the £tart; taknisu means that they enter their kinds, ‘hideaway’, in other words, they retreat into their setting-places); [81:17] an d [by] the night as it approaches, as it falls with its darkness, or [it means] as it recedes; [81:18] and [by] the dawn as it breathes, […
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16. That run in their orbits and disappear when dawn rises, like a gazelle that goes into its den i.e. its home.
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ
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17. He took an oath by the first part of the night when it approaches, and the last part when it recedes.
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وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ
Al-Mukhtasar
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18. He took an oath by the morning when its light emerges.
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recedes; [81:18] and [by] the dawn as it breathes, [as] it extends until it becomes broad daylight, [81:19] truly this, Qur’an, is the word of a messenger [who is] noble, in the sight of God, exalted be He — this being [the messenger] Gabriel (it [qawl, ‘word’] has been annexed to him, because he descends with it), [81:20] powerful, one of mighty powers, eminent, one of eminent status (makinin is semantically con¬ nected ‘inda, ‘in the presence of’) in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, that is, God, exalted be He; [81:21] obeyed there, the angels obey him in the heavens, trustworth…
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19. The Qur’ān that is revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) is Allah’s speech that was conveyed by a trusted angel, Gabriel (peace be upon him), whom Allah entrusted it to.
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and [by] the dawn as it breathes, [as] it extends until it becomes broad daylight, [81:19] truly this, Qur’an, is the word of a messenger [who is] noble, in the sight of God, exalted be He — this being [the messenger] Gabriel (it [qawl, ‘word’] has been annexed to him, because he descends with it), [81:20] powerful, one of mighty powers, eminent, one of eminent status (makinin is semantically con¬ nected ‘inda, ‘in the presence of’) in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, that is, God, exalted be He; [81:21] obeyed there, the angels obey him in the heavens, trustworthy, with the Revela…
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20. One who possess strength and great rank in the sight of the Lord of the Throne, may He be glorified.
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مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
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21. He is obeyed by the inhabitants of the heavens and trusted in the revelation that he conveys.
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be He; [81:21] obeyed there, the angels obey him in the heavens, trustworthy, with the Revelation. [81:22] And your companion, Muhammad (s) ( wa-ma sahibukum: a supplement to [the clause from] innahu, ‘truly this is’, up to the la St of the oath clauses) is not a madman, as you claim. [81:23] For verily he, Muhammad (s), saw him, Gabriel, in the form in which he was created, on the clear horizon, the highest one, towards the east; [81:24] and he, Muhammad (s), is not to be accused of [knowing] the Unseen, what is hidden of the revelation and the tidings of the heaven (a variant reading […
Open in library →وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ
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22. Muhammad (peace be upon him), who is in your company and whose intellect, trustworthiness and truthfulness you know, is not insane as you slanderously claim.
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وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ
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23. Your companion had seen Gabriel in the form that he was created in the clear horizon of the sky.
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to the la St of the oath clauses) is not a madman, as you claim. [81:23] For verily he, Muhammad (s), saw him, Gabriel, in the form in which he was created, on the clear horizon, the highest one, towards the east; [81:24] and he, Muhammad (s), is not to be accused of [knowing] the Unseen, what is hidden of the revelation and the tidings of the heaven (a variant reading [for bi-zaninin] 1 has bi-daninin, meaning that he is not ‘niggardly’ [with the Unseen] so as to reduce something of it [and not disclose it]). [81:25] And it, that is, the Qur’an, is not the word of an accursed satan, eave…
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24. Your companion is not miserly with you by not conveying what he was instructed to convey to you, nor does he take any reward like how fortune-tellers take.
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وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ
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25. This Qur’ān is not the speech of a satan distanced from Allah’s mercy.
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hat he is not ‘niggardly’ [with the Unseen] so as to reduce something of it [and not disclose it]). [81:25] And it, that is, the Qur’an, is not the word of an accursed satan, eavesdropping stealthily. [81:26] So where are you going? So what path are you going to follow in repudiating the Qur’an and turning away from it? [81:27] It is only a reminder, an admonition, for all worlds, [those of] mankind and jinn, [81:28] for those of you who ( li-man shaa minkum is a substitution for li’Walamina, ‘for all worlds’, using the same preposition) wish to go Straight, by following the truth; [81:…
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26. So which path will you tread to deny that it is from Allah after all these evidence?!
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إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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27. The Qur’ān is only a reminder and counsel to the jinn and mankind.
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path are you going to follow in repudiating the Qur’an and turning away from it? [81:27] It is only a reminder, an admonition, for all worlds, [those of] mankind and jinn, [81:28] for those of you who ( li-man shaa minkum is a substitution for li’Walamina, ‘for all worlds’, using the same preposition) wish to go Straight, by following the truth; [81:29] but you will not [wish], to go Straight along the [path of] truth, unless God, the Lord of the Worlds, [of all] creatures, wills, that you should go Straight along it. 1 This reading is attested in Ibn Mujahid, Qiraat, 6 y$. In the Name o…
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28. For those of you who wish to be steadfast on the path of truth.
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وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
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29. You can only will to remain steadfast or do anything else if Allah, the Lord of all created things, wills that.
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