81. Tekvir · verses 20–28

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?

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

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

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

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