As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection is the entirety of Surah 81, At-Takwïr or the Folding Up, verses 1-29. This Surah serves up a series of graphic images portraying the break-up of the world and the enforcement of personal responsibility for each soul. This is followed by a passage showing how the Qur’anic revelation is true and revealed through the Angel Gabriel. Revelation is given for man’s spiritual guidance.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.When the sun will cease to shine;[1] when the stars will lose their luster;[2] when the mountains will be blown away;[3] when the ten-month pregnant he-camels will be left unattended;[4] when the wild beasts will be brought together;[5] when the oceans will be set ablaze;[6] when the souls will be reunited with the bodies;[7] when the infant girls buried alive (here reference is made to the Pre-Islamic Arab custom of burying new born girls alive) will be questioned[8] for what sin she was killed;[9] when the record will be laid open;[10] when the heavens will be stripped bare;[11] when hell will be set to blaze,[12] and when paradise will be brought near:[13] then each soul shall know what it has bought with it.[14] 81:[1-14]
But no! I swear by the retreating stars;[15] that run their course and hide;[16] by the night as it dissipates;[17] by the morning when it breaths again:[18] surely this word (The Qur’an) is brought by a noble Messenger (Gabriel),[19] possessor of mighty power, having very high rank with the Owner of the Throne (Allah),[20] who is obeyed in heaven, and is trustworthy.[21] O people of Makkah! Your companion has not gone mad;[22] he (Muhammad) indeed saw him (Gabriel) in the clear horizon[23] and he is not stingy to withhold the knowledge of the unseen.[24] This (Qur’an) is not the word of an accursed Shaitãn.[25] Where then are you going?[26] This is but a Message to all the people of the world,[27] to each one who wishes to follow the Right Way.[28] Yet your wishes are of no avail unless Allah, the Lord of the worlds, pleases so.[29] 81:[15-29]
Ameen.
This concludes today’s episode of the 17 Verses Podcast. I hope that this selection has helped increase your understanding of the holy Qur’an just a little bit.
Thank you and be well.