The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 when the stars shall scatter away, 2 and when the mountains are made to vanish, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 when the savage beasts shall be mustered, 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 souls are reunited with their bodies, 7 and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked: 8 For what sin she was killed 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place; 11 and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright, 12 And Paradise brought near, 13 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. 14 I swear by the receding stars, 15 Who move straight and stop. 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 And the breath of morning 18 behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle, 19 who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon; 23 nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen; 24 This is not the utterance of an accursed devil. 25 So where are you going? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way. 28 but you shall not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds. 29