81. Tekvir · verses 13–26

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

Waitha aljannatu ozlifat

And when the Garden is brought near;-

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

(Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

Aljawari alkunnasi

Go straight, or hide;

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

And the Night as it dissipates;

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;-

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

Faayna tathhaboona

When whither go ye?