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Izash shamsu kuwwirat

Translation

When the sun is put out,

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Wa izan nujoomun kadarat

Translation

and when the stars fall down,

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Wa izal jibaalu suyyirat

Translation

and when the mountains are blown away,

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Wa izal 'ishaaru 'uttilat

Translation

and when pregnant camels are left untended,

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Wa izal wuhooshu hushirat

Translation

and when wild beasts are gathered together,

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Wa izal bihaaru sujjirat

Translation

and when the seas are set on fire,

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Wa izan nufoosu zuwwijat

Translation

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

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Wa izal maw'oodatu su'ilat

Translation

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

Transliteration

Bi ayyi zambin qutilat

Translation

for what crime they were put to death,

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Wa izas suhufu nushirat

Translation

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

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Wa izas samaaa'u kushitat

Translation

and when the sky is stripped away,

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Wa izal jaheemu su'-'irat

Translation

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up,

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Wa izal jannatu uzlifat

Translation

and when Paradise is brought near—

Transliteration

'Alimat nafsum maaa ahdarat

Translation

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

Transliteration

Falaaa uqsimu bil khunnas

Translation

I do swear by the receding stars

Transliteration

Al jawaaril kunnas

Translation

which travel and hide,

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Wallaili izaa 'as'as

Translation

and the night as it falls

Transliteration

Wassubhi izaa tanaffas

Translation

and the day as it breaks!

Transliteration

Innahoo laqawlu rasoolin kareem

Translation

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

Transliteration

Zee quwwatin 'inda zil 'arshi makeen

Translation

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

Transliteration

Mutaa'in samma ameen

Translation

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy.

Transliteration

Wa maa saahibukum bimajnoon

Translation

And your fellow man is not insane.

Transliteration

Wa laqad ra aahu bilufuqil mubeen

Translation

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

Transliteration

Wa maa huwa 'alal ghaibi bidaneen

Translation

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

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Wa maa huwa biqawli shaitaanir rajeem

Translation

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

Transliteration

Fa ayna tazhaboon

Translation

So what ˹other˺ path would you take?

Transliteration

In huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

Translation

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

Transliteration

Liman shaaa'a minkum ai yastaqeem

Translation

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way.

Transliteration

Wa maa tashaaa'oona illaaa ai yashaaa 'al laahu Rabbul 'Aalameen

Translation

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