The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Mohammad Shafi Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the sun is folded up

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars lose their lustre

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are moved

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when the ten-months pregnant camels are abandoned

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are gathered

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas overflow

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the souls are 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 sin was she killed

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the scrolls [of human deeds] are laid open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the sky is stripped off

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And the Hell stoked

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And the Paradise brought near

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Every person comes to know what he has brought along.

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

No! [The misgivings of the people that do not believe in these revelations are not correct, and] I swear by the star

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

That retreat and hide,

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And by the night as it moves

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the morning as it breathes

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

This is indeed the word of a noble [Angel] Messenger

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

A mighty One with the Lord of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

One to be obeyed besides being trustworthy

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

And your companion [Prophet Muhammad] is not mad

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

And he did certainly see the Angel Messenger on the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

And he [Prophet] does not grudge (conveying what has been revealed to him) of the Unseen

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

And it is not a word of accursed Satan

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Where then are you going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

This is nothing but Good Counsel for the worlds

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

For any of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And you wish not unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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