The Cleaving, The Cleaving Asunder, Bursting Apart — John Medows Rodwell Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Cleaving

إِذَا السَّمَاءُ انفَطَرَتْ

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WHEN the Heaven shall CLEAVE asunder

Itha alssamao infatarat

وَإِذَا الْكَوَاكِبُ انتَثَرَتْ

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And when the stars shall disperse

Wa-itha alkawakibu intatharat

وَإِذَا الْبِحَارُ فُجِّرَتْ

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And when the seas shall be commingled

Wa-itha albiharu fujjirat

وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

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And when the graves shall be turned upside down

Wa-itha alqubooru buAAthirat

عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

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Each soul shall recognise its earliest and its latest actions

AAalimat nafsun ma qaddamat waakhkharat

يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ

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O man! what hath misled thee against thy generous Lord

Ya ayyuha al-insanu ma gharraka birabbika alkareemi

الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

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Who hath created thee and moulded thee and shaped thee aright

Allathee khalaqaka fasawwaka faAAadalaka

فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ

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In the form which pleased Him hath He fashioned thee

Fee ayyi sooratin ma shaa rakkabaka

كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ

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Even so; but ye treat the Judgment as a lie

Kalla bal tukaththiboona bialddeeni

وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ لَحَافِظِينَ

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Yet truly there are guardians over you

Wa-inna AAalaykum lahafitheena

كِرَامًا كَاتِبِينَ

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Illustrious recorders

Kiraman katibeena

يَعْلَمُونَ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ

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Cognisant of your actions

YaAAlamoona ma tafAAaloona

إِنَّ الْأَبْرَارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ

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Surely amid delights shall the righteous dwell

Inna al-abrara lafee naAAeemin

وَإِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ

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But verily the impure in Hell-fire

Wa-inna alfujjara lafee jaheemin

يَصْلَوْنَهَا يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

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They shall be burned at it on the day of doom

Yaslawnaha yawma alddeeni

وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَائِبِينَ

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And they shall not be able to hide themselves from it

Wama hum AAanha bigha-ibeena

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ

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Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is

Wama adraka ma yawmu alddeeni

ثُمَّ مَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا يَوْمُ الدِّينِ

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Once more. Who shall teach thee what the day of doom is

Thumma ma adraka ma yawmu alddeeni

يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْئًا وَالْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ

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It is a day when one soul shall be powerless for another soul: all sovereignty on that day shall be with God

Yawma la tamliku nafsun linafsin shay-an waal-amru yawma-ithin lillahi

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