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Verse (81:1) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the first verse of chapter 81 (sūrat l-takwīr). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (81) sūrat l-takwīr (The Overthrowing)

Sahih International: When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

Pickthall: When the sun is overthrown,

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

Shakir: When the sun is covered,

Muhammad Sarwar: (On the day) when the sun is made to cease shining,

Mohsin Khan: When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown ).

Arberry: When the sun shall be darkened,

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