The Overthrowing, The Cessation — Shabbir Ahmed Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Folding Up

إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

When the Sun is folded up. (Monarchies come to an end)

Itha alshshamsu kuwwirat

وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انكَدَرَتْ

And when the stars lose their glow. (Tribal dictatorships fall)

Wa-itha alnnujoomu inkadarat

وَإِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

And when the mountains are moved (The 'great ones' lose their stronghold (20:105), (56:5), (78:20))

Wa-itha aljibalu suyyirat

وَإِذَا الْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

And when the she-camels, ten months with the young, are abandoned. (A she-camel about to deliver the young has been a precious commodity, but the means of transportation will change)

Wa-itha alAAisharu AAuttilat

وَإِذَا الْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

And when the wild beasts are herded together. (The nomads and even the cannibals civilize and lead an organized collective life)

Wa-itha alwuhooshu hushirat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ

And when the seas bustle with ships

Wa-itha albiharu sujjirat

وَإِذَا النُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ

And when the people intermingle. (The world becomes a smaller place)

Wa-itha alnnufoosu zuwwijat

وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ

And when the little girl that was buried alive is made to ask

Wa-itha almawoodatu su-ilat

بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَتْ

For what crime she was slain. (Women's rights will be restored)

Bi-ayyi thanbin qutilat

وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ

And when the papers are published widely

Wa-itha alssuhufu nushirat

وَإِذَا السَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ

And when the sky is unveiled. (The Space sciences advance)

Wa-itha alssamao kushitat

وَإِذَا الْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

And when the Blazing Fire is ignited. (The guilty are swiftly apprehended)

Wa-itha aljaheemu suAAAAirat

وَإِذَا الْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ

And when the Paradise is brought near. (A glimpse of it on the earth)

Wa-itha aljannatu ozlifat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا أَحْضَرَتْ

(Then) every person will see what he has prepared

AAalimat nafsun ma ahdarat

فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ

Oh, but I call to witness the revolving planets

Fala oqsimu bialkhunnasi

الْجَوَارِ الْكُنَّسِ

The stars which rise and set in their orbits

Aljawari alkunnasi

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

And the Night as it slowly closes upon

Waallayli itha AAasAAasa

وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

And the fresh breath of the morning

Waalssubhi itha tanaffasa

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

Behold, this indeed is the revealed Word in the dialect of a noble Messenger (69:40)

Innahu laqawlu rasoolin kareemin

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ

Strengthened by Him Who is enthroned in His Almightiness of Supreme Control

Thee quwwatin AAinda thee alAAarshi makeenin

مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ

(The Messenger is) to be obeyed and trusted

MutaAAin thamma ameenin

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ

For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman

Wama sahibukum bimajnoonin

وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ

And, indeed, he has found Wisdom at its highest horizon. (53:1-7)

Walaqad raahu bialofuqi almubeeni

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ

And he withholds not in secret the least bit of the Revelation

Wama huwa AAala alghaybi bidaneenin

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَانٍ رَّجِيمٍ

Nor is it the utterance of a rejected satanic force. (Such as desire)

Wama huwa biqawli shaytanin rajeemin

فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

Which way, then, are you going

Faayna tathhaboona

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

This Message is no less than a Reminder and giver of eminence to all mankind

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

لِمَن شَاءَ مِنكُمْ أَن يَسْتَقِيمَ

Unto everyone of you who wills to walk aright. (1:5)

Liman shaa minkum an yastaqeema

وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

But you cannot will it unless you abide by the Laws of the Lord of the Worlds. (4:88)

Wama tashaoona illa an yashaa Allahu rabbu alAAalameena

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