The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Maududi Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun shall be folded up

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

when the stars shall scatter away

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

when the mountains shall be set in motion

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

when the savage beasts shall be brought together

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

when the seas shall be set boiling

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

when the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies)

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

for what offence was she killed

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

and when the scrolls of (men´s) deeds shall be unfolded

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

and when Heaven is laid bare

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

and Hell is stoked

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

and Paradise brought nigh

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

then shall each person know what he has brought along

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

No indeed; I swear by the alternating star

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

and by the night as it recedes

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

and the morn as it breathes

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

there he is obeyed and held trustworthy

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

(O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

nor is it a word of an accursed Satan

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Where to are you then heading

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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