The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
When the sun is covered, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned, 4 when the savage beasts are gathered 5 When the oceans boil over with a swell; 6 souls are reunited with their bodies, 7 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. 8 such as, "For what crime were they murdered?" 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 When Hell is set ablaze, 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 But nay! I swear by the stars, 15 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves, 16 and the night that falls, 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle, 19 [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position], 20 One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust. 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 23 And he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) withholds not a knowledge of the unseen. 24 Nor is this the word of a stoned satan. 25 Where to are you then heading? 26 It is not except a reminder to the worlds 27 (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: 28 And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 29