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

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is folded up (and darkened)

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars fall (losing their luster)

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are set moving

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when (highly prized) pregnant camels are left untended

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts (as also the domesticated ones) go forth from their places of rest (in terror of the destruction of the world, and then, following their revival, are gathered together before God, for the settlement of their accounts)

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas rise up boiling

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the souls are coupled (the righteous men with pure, righteous spouses, and the evil ones with their evil spouses and with devilish companions)

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

And when the female infant, buried alive, is questione

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime she was killed

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the scrolls (of the deeds of every person) are laid open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the heaven is torn away (with all the truths becoming manifest)

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when the Blazing Flame is kindled (to fierce heat)

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when Paradise is brought near (for the God-revering, pious to enter)

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Every person will (then) come to know what he has prepared (for himself)

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Oh, I swear by the stars which recede (disappearing in the sun’s light)

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

And rise in their course, and then set (disappearing again)

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it inclines to depart

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the morning as it breathes

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

That this (which informs you of all the events mentioned) is the Word (brought) by an honored messenger (Gabriel)

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Endowed with power, with high rank and esteem before the Lord of the Supreme Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

One obeyed (by his aides), and trustworthy (in fulfilling God’s orders, most particularly conveying the Revelation)

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Your companion (the Messenger who has spent his life among you) is not a madman

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Indeed he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

He is not niggardly (in conveying to you Revelation and knowledge) of the Unseen (what lies beyond the reach of your perception)

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Nor is it (this Qur’an) the Word of any devil excluded from God’s Mercy

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Then, where are you going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

It is nothing other than a Reminder (and instruction) for all conscious beings

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For any of you who wills to take a straight path (and follow it without deviance)

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

But you cannot will (to do so) unless God wills, the Lord of the worlds

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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