SURAH
81: AL TAKWIR (The Folding Up).
In the name of Allah, the Gracious,
the Merciful
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When the sun is folded up;
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When the stars fall, losing their lustre;
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When the mountains vanish;
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When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;
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When the wild beasts are herded together;
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When the oceans boil over with a swell;
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When the souls are sorted out;
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When the female buried alive, is questioned
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For what crime she was killed;
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When the scrolls are laid open;
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When the world on high is unveiled;
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When the blazing fire is kindled to fierce heat;
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And when the garden is brought near;
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Each soul shall know what it has put forward.
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So truly I
call to witness the planets that recede,
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Go straight, or hide;
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And the night as it dissipates;
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And the dawn as it breathes away the darkness;
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Truly this is the word of a most honourable messenger,
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Endued with power, with rank before the Lord of the throne,
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With authority there, faithful to his trust.
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Your companion is not one possessed;
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And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.
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Neither does he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the unseen.
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Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.
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Then where are you going?
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Truly this is no less than a message to the universe:
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To whomever among you wants to go straight:
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But you shall not want except what Allah wills, Lord of the universe.