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Al-Anbya 104

Ayah 104 of 112 · Meccan

يَوۡمَ نَطۡوِي ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَيِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلۡكُتُبِۚ كَمَا بَدَأۡنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلۡقٖ نُّعِيدُهُۥۚ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡنَآۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ ١٠٤

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.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 More literally, "Indeed, We are ever doers" of what We will.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَوۡمَ(The) Dayyawma
  2. نَطۡوِيWe will foldnaṭwī
  3. ٱلسَّمَآءَthe heavenl-samāa
  4. كَطَيِّlike (the) foldingkaṭayyi
  5. ٱلسِّجِلِّ(of) a scrolll-sijili
  6. لِلۡكُتُبِۚfor recordslil'kutubi
  7. كَمَاAskamā
  8. بَدَأۡنَآWe beganbadanā
  9. أَوَّلَ(the) firstawwala
  10. خَلۡقٖcreationkhalqin
  11. نُّعِيدُهُۥۚWe will repeat itnuʿīduhu
  12. وَعۡدًاa promisewaʿdan
  13. عَلَيۡنَآۚupon Usʿalaynā
  14. إِنَّاIndeed, We innā
  15. كُنَّاWe arekunnā
  16. فَٰعِلِينَ(the) Doersfāʿilīna

Tafsir

On the day in which I shall roll up the heavens like the rolling up of a scroll, and congregate the creation in the state they were created in the first instance. I have promised that it will happen; a promise that there is no going back on. I shall indeed fulfil My promise.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran