The Re-Creation of the Heavens and the Inheritance of the Righteous

Al-Anbya — Verses 104–106 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ ١٠٤

And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heavens 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.

يَوْمَ نَطْوِي السَّمَاءَ
And (remember) the Day when We shall roll up the heavens
كَطَيِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ
like a scroll rolled up for books,
كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ
as We began the first creation,
نُّعِيدُهُ ۚ
We shall repeat it,
وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا ۚ
(it is) a promise binding upon Us.
إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ
Truly, We shall do it.

وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِي الزَّبُورِ مِن بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ ١٠٥

And indeed We have written in Zabur (Psalms) [i.e. all the revealed Holy Books the Taurat (Torah), the Injeel (Gospel), the Quran] after (We have already written in) Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz (the Book, that is in the heaven with Allah), that My righteous slaves shall inherit the land (i.e. the land of Paradise).

وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا
And indeed We have written
فِي الزَّبُورِ
in Zabur (Psalms)
مِن بَعْدِ الذِّكْرِ
after (We have already written in)
أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ يَرِثُهَا
that the land shall be inherited
عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحُونَ
by My righteous slaves

إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا لَبَلَاغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عَابِدِينَ ١٠٦

Verily, in this (the Quran) there is a plain Message for people who worship Allah (i.e. the true, real believers of Islamic Monotheism who act practically on the Quran and the Sunnah legal ways of the Prophet SAW).

إِنَّ فِي هَٰذَا
Verily, in this
لَبَلَاغًا
there is a plain Message
لِّقَوْمٍ عَابِدِينَ
for people who worship Allah (i.e. the true, real believers of Islamic Monotheism who act practically on the Quran and the Sunnah legal ways of the Prophet SAW)