The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
When the sun is overthrown, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 And when the seas rise, 6 When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); 7 when the buried female infant is asked 8 for what sin she was killed, 9 And when the books are spread, 10 when heaven is stripped, 11 And when the hell is kindled up, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 it is indeed the word of an Honorable Messenger, 19 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 Your companion is not mad. 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 So where are you going? 26 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation, 27 (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29