AT TAKWIIR

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

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When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

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When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

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When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

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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 (in the human habitations);

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When the oceans boil over with a swell;

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When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

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When the female (infant), 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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(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

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So verily 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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Verily 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, (and) faithful to his trust.

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And (O people!) 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 doth 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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When whither go ye?

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Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

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(With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

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But ye shall not will except as God wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds.