The Overthrowing, The Cessation — N J Dawood 2014 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

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WHEN THE sun ceases to shine

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

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when the stars fal

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

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and the mountains are blown away

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

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when camels big with young are left untended

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

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and the wild beasts are together herded

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

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when the seas are set ablaz

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

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and souls are reunited

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

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when the infant girl,¹ buried alive, is aske

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

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for what crime she was slain

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

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when the records of men‘s deeds are laid open

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

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and heaven is stripped bare

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

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when Hell turns into a Conflagratio

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

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and Paradise is brought near

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

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then each soul shall learn what it has done

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

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I swear by the turning planets

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

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and by the stars that rise and set

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

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by the night, when it darkens

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

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and the first breath of morning

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

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this is the Word of a messenger gracious and mighty

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

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held in honour by the Lord of the Throne

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

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obeyed, and faithful to his trust

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

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No, your countryman² is not possessed

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

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He saw him³ on the clear horizon

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

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He does not grudge the secrets of the unseen

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

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nor is this the utterance of an accursed demon

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

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Whither then are you going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

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This is but an Admonition to all mankind

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

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to those among you that have the will to be upright

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

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Yet you cannot will, except by the will of God, Lord of the Universe

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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