The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Bridges Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is rolled up,

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

and when the stars are dimmed,

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

and when the mountains are set in motion,

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

and when pregnant camels are abandoned,

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

and when the beasts are herded,

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

and when the oceans are set aflame,

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

and when the souls are paired,

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

and when the baby girl that was buried alive is asked

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

for what misdeed she was killed,

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

and when the scrolls are made public,

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

and when the sky is peeled away,

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

and when purgatory is set fully ablaze,

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

and when the Garden (of Paradise) is brought near—

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

each soul will know what it has brought forth.

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

So, no! I swear by those (stars) receding,

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

running, sweeping.

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

By the night as its darkness comes and goes.

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

By the morn as it breathes—

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

indeed, it is the word of a noble messenger,

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

endowed with power, eminent with the Lord of the Throne,

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

obeyed there and trustworthy.

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Thus yourpl fellow is not a madman,

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

for he most surely saw him on the evident horizon,

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

and he does not stingily withhold (knowledge of) the hidden realm,

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

and it is not the word of an outcast Satan.

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

So where are youpl going?

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

It is but a Reminder to (all creatures of) all realms,

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

to whomever of you who wills to be upright.

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

But youpl cannot will unless Allah, the Lord of all realms, wills.

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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