Ibisobanuro by'amagambo Isura Attak’wiir - Ibisobanuro bya Qur'an Ntagatifu mu rurimi rw'icyongereza - Abdallah Hassan Ya'aqub - numero y'urupapuro 586 - ububiko bwa qor'an yejejwe

At-Takwīr

Umurongo: 1

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

1. When the sun is folded up 'and vanishes1',

1. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The sun and the moon will be folded up (or joined together or deprived of their lights) on the Day of Resurrection.

Umurongo: 2

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتۡ

2. And when the stars fall down 'and fade away',

Umurongo: 3

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتۡ

3. And when the mountains are made to move 'from their places',

Umurongo: 4

وَإِذَا ٱلۡعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتۡ

4. When the pregnant camels nearing delivery2 are left untended,

2. I.e., the most valued of one’s possessions.

Umurongo: 5

وَإِذَا ٱلۡوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتۡ

5. And when the wild beasts are gathered together3,

3. With human beings on one plain,

Umurongo: 6

وَإِذَا ٱلۡبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتۡ

6. When the seas are set on fire (burning in flames)4,

4. Or overflow into each other.

Umurongo: 7

وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتۡ

7. And when the souls are paired5,

5. I.e., joined ike with like, or are reunited with their bodies.

Umurongo: 8

وَإِذَا ٱلۡمَوۡءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتۡ

8. When the female infant buried alive6 is asked,

6. Right after birth by the pagans during the age of ignorance, or aborted for fear of poverty.

Umurongo: 9

بِأَيِّ ذَنۢبٖ قُتِلَتۡ

9. For what offence she was killed,

Umurongo: 10

وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتۡ

10. When the records (of man’s deeds) are laid open,

Umurongo: 11

وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ كُشِطَتۡ

11. When the sky is stripped away,

Umurongo: 12

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتۡ

12. When Hell is set ablaze,

Umurongo: 13

وَإِذَا ٱلۡجَنَّةُ أُزۡلِفَتۡ

13. And when Paradise is brought near (to the righteous),

Umurongo: 14

عَلِمَتۡ نَفۡسٞ مَّآ أَحۡضَرَتۡ

14. (On that Day) every soul shall know what it has brought along (of good or bad).

Umurongo: 15

فَلَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِٱلۡخُنَّسِ

15. So I swear by the receding planets,

Umurongo: 16

ٱلۡجَوَارِ ٱلۡكُنَّسِ

16. That run their courses (and) set (disappearing again),

Umurongo: 17

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا عَسۡعَسَ

17. And by the night when it ends,

Umurongo: 18

وَٱلصُّبۡحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

18. And by the morning, when it breathes -

Umurongo: 19

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوۡلُ رَسُولٖ كَرِيمٖ

19. It (the Qur’an) is surely a Word 'conveyed by' a gracious Messenger (Gabriel),

Umurongo: 20

ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي ٱلۡعَرۡشِ مَكِينٖ

20. Endowed with power, given by (Allāh) Possessor of the (Great) Throne,

Umurongo: 21

مُّطَاعٖ ثَمَّ أَمِينٖ

21. Obeyed and moreover trustworthy.

Umurongo: 22

وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجۡنُونٖ

22. And (O people) your fellow (prophet Muhammad) is not out of his mind7.

7. As claimed by the pagans.

Umurongo: 23

وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ

23. And indeed he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon.

Umurongo: 24

وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ بِضَنِينٖ

24. And he does not withhold 'what is revealed to him of' the unseen.

Umurongo: 25

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوۡلِ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٖ

25. Nor is it (this Qur’an) the word of an outcast devil;

Umurongo: 26

فَأَيۡنَ تَذۡهَبُونَ

26. So where are you going8?

8. In your denial of the Qur'an and turning away from it.

Umurongo: 27

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

27. It (the Qur’an) is only a Reminder to (all) the nations,

Umurongo: 28

لِمَن شَآءَ مِنكُمۡ أَن يَسۡتَقِيمَ

28. For him among you who wills to take a right course.

Umurongo: 29

وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

29. And you cannot will, unless Allāh, the Lord of all beings, so wills.