The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Mustafa Khattab 2018 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

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When the sun is put out,

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

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and when the stars fall down,

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

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and when the mountains are blown away,

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

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and when pregnant camels are left untended,

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

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and when wild beasts are gathered together,

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

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and when the seas are set on fire,

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

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and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺,

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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for what crime they were put to death,

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open,

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

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and when the sky is stripped away,

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

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and when Paradise is brought near—

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

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˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

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I do swear by the receding stars

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

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which travel and hide,

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

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and the night as it falls

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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and the day as it breaks!

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel,

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne,

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

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obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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And your fellow man is not insane.

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

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And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon,

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen.

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

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And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil.

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

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So what ˹other˺ path would you take?

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

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Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

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to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds.

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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