The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Edward Henry Palmer Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

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When the sun is folded up

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

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And when the stars do fall

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

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And when the mountains are moved

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

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And when the she-camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

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And when the beasts shall be crowded together

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

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And when the seas shall surge up

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

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And when souls shall be paired with bodies

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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And when the child who was buried alive shall be aske

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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for what sin she was slain

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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And when the pages shall be spread out

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

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And when the heaven shall be flayed

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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And when hell shall be set ablaze

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

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And when Paradise shall be brought nigh

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

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The soul shall know what it has produced

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

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I need not swear by the stars that slink back

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

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moving swiftly, slinking into their dens

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

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Nor by the night when darkness draws on

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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Nor by the morn when it first breathes up

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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Verily, it is the speech of a noble apostle

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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mighty, standing sure with the Lord of the throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

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obeyed and trusty too

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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Your comrade is not mad

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

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he saw him on the plain horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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nor does he grudge to communicate the unseen

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

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Nor is it the speech of a pelted devil

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

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Then whither do ye go

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

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It is but a reminder to the worlds

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

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to whomsoever of you pleases to go straight:

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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but ye will not please, except God, the Lord of the world, should please

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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