The Overthrowing, The Cessation — John Medows Rodwell Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

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WHEN the sun shall be FOLDED UP

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

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And when the stars shall fall

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

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And when the mountains shall be set in motion

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

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And when the she-camels shall be abandoned

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

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And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

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And when the seas shall boil

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

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And when souls shall be paired with their bodies

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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And when the female child that had been buried alive shall be aske

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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For what crime she was put to death

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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And when the leaves of the Book shall be unrolled

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

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And when the Heaven shall be stripped away

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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And when Hell shall be made to blaze

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

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And when Paradise shall be brought near

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

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Every soul shall know what it hath produced

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

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It needs not that I swear by the stars of retrograde motion

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

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Which move swiftly and hide themselves away

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

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And by the night when it cometh darkening on

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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And by the dawn when it brighteneth

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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That this is the word of an illustrious Messenger

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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Endued with power, having influence with the Lord of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

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Obeyed there by Angels, faithful to his trust

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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And your compatriot is not one possessed by djinn

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

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For he saw him in the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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Nor doth he grapple with heaven's secrets

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

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Nor doth he teach the doctrine of a cursed Satan

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

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Whither then are ye going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

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Verily, this is no other than a warning to all creatures

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

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To him among you who willeth to walk in a straight path

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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But will it ye shall not, unless as God willeth it, the Lord of the worlds

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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