The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Ahmed Ali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

WHEN THE SUN is folded up

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

The stars turn dim and scatter

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

The mountains made to move

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

The wild beasts stampede on the run

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

When the oceans surge and swell

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

When souls are reunited (with the bodies

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

And the little girl buried alive is aske

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime she was put to death

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

When the ledgers are laid open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

The curtain drawn back from the skies

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

When Hell is set ablaze

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And Paradise brought near

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

(Then) every soul will know what it had prepared (for itself)

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

So, I call the receding stars to witness

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

The planets withdrawing into themselves

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

The closing night

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

The rising dawn

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Obeyed and worthy there of trust

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Your companion is not mad

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

He had surely seen Him on the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

He is not chary of making public what is unknown

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

This is not the utterance of an accursed devil

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So whither do you stray

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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