Translations Suras
ENGLISH, M.H. SHAKIR

81 - The Covering Up

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

 
1When the sun is covered,
 
2And when the stars darken,
 
3And when the mountains are made to pass away,
 
4And when the camels are left untended,
 
5And when the wild animals are made to go forth,
 
6And when the seas are set on fire,
 
7And when souls are united,
 
8And when the female infant buried alive is asked
 
9For what sin she was killed,
 
10And when the books are spread,
 
11And when the heaven has its covering removed,
 
12And when the hell is kindled up,
 
13And when the garden is brought nigh,
 
14Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared.
 
15But nay! I swear by the stars,
 
16That run their course (and) hide themselves,
 
17And the night when it departs,
 
18And the morning when it brightens,
 
19Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger,
 
20The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion,
 
21One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust.
 
22And your companion is not gone mad.
 
23And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon.
 
24Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer.
 
25Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan,
 
26Whither then will you go?
 
27It is naught but a reminder for the nations,
 
28For him among you who pleases to go straight.
 
29And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds.
 
 
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