The Overthrowing, The Cessation — George Sale Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun shall be folded up

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

and when the stars shall fall

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

and when the mountains shall be made to pass away

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

and when the wild beasts shall be gathered together

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

and when the seas shall boil

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

and when the souls shall be joined again to their bodies

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

and when the girl who hath been buried alive shall be aske

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

for what crime she was put to death

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

and when the books shall be laid open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

and when the heaven shall be removed

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

and when hell shall burn fiercely

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

and when paradise shall be brought near

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Every soul shall know what it hath wrought

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Verily I swear by the stars which are retrograde

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

which move swiftly, and which hide themselves

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

and by the night, when it cometh on

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

and by the morning, when it appeareth

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

that these are the words of an honourable messenger

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

endued with strengeth, of established dignity in the sight of the possessor of the throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

obeyed by the angels under his authority, and faithful

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

And your companion Mohammed is not distracted

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

He had already seen him in the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

And he suspected not the secrets revealed unto him

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Neither are these the words of an accursed devil

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Whither, therefore, are ye going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

This is no other than an admonition unto all creatures

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

unto him among you who shall be willing to walk uprightly

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

But ye shall not will, unless God willeth, the Lord of all creatures

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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