Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:104

21:104

يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ

yawma naṭwī l-samāa kaṭayyi l-sijili lil'kutubi kamā badanā awwala khalqin nuʿīduhu waʿdan ʿalaynā innā kunnā fāʿilīna

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.

— Saheeh International

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.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heaven like a scroll rolled up for books. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. (It is) a promise binding upon Us. Truly, We shall do it.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
نَطْوِىnaṭwīWe will fold
ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heaven
كَطَىِّkaṭayyilike (the) folding
ٱلسِّجِلِّl-sijili(of) a scroll
لِلْكُتُبِۚlil'kutubifor records
كَمَاkamāAs
بَدَأْنَآbadanāWe began
أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
خَلْقٍۢkhalqincreation
نُّعِيدُهُۥۚnuʿīduhuWe will repeat it
وَعْدًاwaʿdana promise
عَلَيْنَآۚʿalaynāupon Us
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
كُنَّاkunnāWe are
فَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīna(the) Doers