The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
When the sun is overthrown, 1 When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 2 And when the hills are moved, 3 when the pregnant camels shall be neglected, 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together, 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 And when souls are reunited, 7 and when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 And when the pages are made public 10 when heaven shall be stripped off; 11 And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze, 12 And when the Garden is brought nigh, 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 Oh, but I call to witness the planets, 15 the planets that run their course and set, 16 And the close of night, 17 And by the dawn as it brightens; 18 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, 19 one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; 20 obeyed, moreover trusty. 21 And your companion is not [at all] mad. 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 For him among you who pleases to go straight. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29