The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

When the sun will be rolled, (i.e., folded; compressed)

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the stars will be turbid

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the mountains will be made to travel

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the (she-camels) ten-months with young are untended

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the savage beasts will be mustered

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the seas will be seething

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the (inner) selves will be paired, (i.e., joined to their bodies

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the female infant buried alive will be asked

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

For whichever guilty deed she was killed

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the Scrolls will be unrolled

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the heaven will be scraped off

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the Hell-Fire will be set blazing

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And when the Garden will be drawn within reach

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

(Then) a self will know whatever it has presented

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Then no! swear by the constant sinkers

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

The running "stars", the constant sinkers

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And by the night when it darkens, (Or: swarms

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And by the morning when it breathes

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Surely it is indeed the Saying of an honorable Messenger (The Angel Jibril "Gabriel"

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Owning power, established in the Providence of The Owner of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Obeyed there, (and) devoted

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in no ay is your companion (The Prophet) a madman

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And indeed he (The Prophet) already saw him (The Angle Jibril "Gabriel") on the evident horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in no way is he reluctant with the Unseen (i.e., the Prophet saw Jibril)

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in no way is it the saying of an outcast Shaytan (Ever-vicious "one", i.e., devil

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Where then are you (The pronoun is plural) going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Decidedly it is nothing except a Remembrance to the world

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

For whomever of you who decides to go straight

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And in no way can you decide except "when" Allah "so" decides, The Lord of the worlds

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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