سورة التكوير، الآية ٧
وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ ٧
wa-idhā l-nufūsu zuwwijat
And when the souls are paired1867
[1867] With another like soul. It can also mean "joined" (with their groups or sects) .
Verse 7 of Surah At-Takwir (81:7), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 586 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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When souls are joined with their likeness. A sinner will be joined with a sinner and a pious person will be joined with a pious person.
and when the souls are sorted2,
[2] i.e., "joined" with their groups or sects, wicked with the wicked souls, righteous with the righteous.
And when the souls are joined with their bodies, (the good with the good and the bad with the bad).
And when souls are reunited,
When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);
And when souls are united,
And when the (inner) selves will be paired, (i.e., joined to their bodies)
ٱحْشُرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ وَأَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ
[The angels will be ordered], "Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship
وَكُنتُمْ أَزْوَٰجًا ثَلَٰثَةً …
And you become [of] three kinds: …
