The Prophets 21:104

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Arabic English Morphology
يَوْمَ yawma
(The) Day Noun
نَطْوِى naṭwī
We will fold V
the heaven Noun
كَطَىِّ kaṭayyi
like (the) folding Noun
(of) a scroll Noun
for records Noun
كَمَا kamā
As Noun
We began V
(the) first Noun
خَلْقٍ khalqin
creation Noun
We will repeat it V
وَعْدًا waʿdan
a promise Noun
upon Us Prep
إِنَّا innā
Indeed, We Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
We are V
فَٰعِلِينَ fāʿilīna
(the) Doers Noun

On that Day, We shall roll up the skies as a writer rolls up [his] scrolls. We shall reproduce creation just as We produced it the first time: this is Our binding promise. We shall certainly do all these things

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

یَوۡمَ نَطۡوِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءَ كَطَیِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَاۤ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقࣲ نُّعِیدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَیۡنَاۤۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِینَ ۝١٠٤

yawma naṭwī l-samāa kaṭayyi l-sijili lil'kutubi kamā badanā awwala khalqin nuʿīduhu waʿdan ʿalaynā innā kunnā fāʿilīn