The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Sayyid Qutb Transcription In Progress Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

When the sun is darkened,

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the stars fall and disperse,

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the mountains are made to move away,

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the camels, ten months pregnant, are left untended,

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the wild beasts are brought together,

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the seas are set alight,

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when people's souls are paired [like with like],

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the infant girl, buried alive, is asked

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

for what crime she was slain,

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the records are laid open,

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when the sky is stripped bare,

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when hell is made to burn fiercely,

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

when paradise is brought near,

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

every soul shall know what it has put forward.

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

I swear by the turning stars,

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

which move swiftly and hide themselves away,

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and by the night as it comes darkening on,

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and by the dawn as it starts to breathe,

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

this is truly the word of a noble and mighty messenger,

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

who enjoys a secure position with the Lord of the Throne.

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He is obeyed in heaven, faithful to his trust.

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Your old friend is not mad.

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He saw him on the clear horizon.

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He does not grudge the secrets of the unseen.

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

It is not the word of an accursed devil.

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Whither then are you going?

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

This is only a reminder to all mankind,

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

to those of you whose will is to be upright.

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Yet, you cannot will except by the will of God, Lord of all the worlds.

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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