The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Bijan Moeinian Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun in folded up (internally collapsed)

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

When the stars darken

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

When the mountains are pulverized

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

When the camels [which Arabs take so good care of it] is abandoned

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

When the wild beasts run together aimlessly out of fear

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

When the seas boil [due to the intense heat created by the explosion of sun]

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

When the souls are gathered together

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

When the little born girl [who was buried because of her sex] will ask for…

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

what crime she was buried alive

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

When the scrolls are laid open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

When the sky’s cover [ozone layer] is unveiled

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

When the Hell’s fire start to soar up

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

When the Heaven is brought near sight

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Then each soul will realize what it has prepared for Hereafter

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

I (God) swear by the stars

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

that run their courses

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And the night as it disappears

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the breath of the dawn

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

That Mohammad is truly an honorable messenger of mine

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Established with might by the Lord of the dominion

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

To be obeyed and trustworthy

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Know that this fellow among you is not mad

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Truly he has seen himself in a clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

And that he is not hiding any knowledge of him of unseen

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

This Qur’an is not the word of the cursed Satan

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

If you turn away from this teaching, where else you can find guidance

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Qur’an is a message to all the worlds

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

To the one who wishes to walk on the right path

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Do not forget that your wish will not come true unless it coincides the wished of God

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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