Quran 21:104 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 104
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On that Day, We shall roll up the skies as a writer rolls up [his] scrolls. We shall reproduce creation just as We produced it the first time: this is Our binding promise. We shall certainly do all these things.
يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ
yawma naṭwī l-samāa kaṭayyi l-sijili lil'kutubi kamā badanā awwala khalqin nuʿīduhu waʿdan ʿalaynā innā kunnā fāʿilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- On the day when We shall roll up heaven as a scroll is rolled for the writings; as We originated the first creation, so We shall bring it back again -- a promise binding on Us; so We shall do.
- Muhammad Asad
- On that Day We shall roll up the skies as written scrolls are rolled up; [and] as We brought into being the first creation, so We shall bring it forth anew a promise which We have willed upon Ourselves: for, behold, We are able to do [all things]!
- Sahih International
- The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it. [That is] a promise binding upon Us. Indeed, We will do it.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَyawma | (The) Day | يوم |
| 2 | نَطْوِىnaṭwī | We will fold | طوي |
| 3 | ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa | the heaven | سمو |
| 4 | كَطَىِّkaṭayyi | like (the) folding | طوي |
| 5 | ٱلسِّجِلِّl-sijili | (of) a scroll | سجل |
| 6 | لِلْكُتُبِ ۚlil'kutubi | for records | كتب |
| 7 | كَمَاkamā | As | — |
| 8 | بَدَأْنَآbadanā | We began | بدأ |
| 9 | أَوَّلَawwala | (the) first | أول |
| 10 | خَلْقٍۢkhalqin | creation | خلق |
| 11 | نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚnuʿīduhu | We will repeat it | عود |
| 12 | وَعْدًاwaʿdan | a promise | وعد |
| 13 | عَلَيْنَآ ۚʿalaynā | upon Us | — |
| 14 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 15 | كُنَّاkunnā | We are | كون |
| 16 | فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna | (the) Doers | فعل |