The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun is covered, 1 And when the stars shall dart down, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned, 4 And when wild animals are herded together. 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 And when the souls are paired. 7 When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - 8 for what sin she was slain, 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 and when heaven is laid bare, 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 And when the garden is brought nigh, 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 Those that run [their courses] and disappear - 16 The closing night, 17 And by oath of the morning when it takes birth. 18 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 obeyed, moreover trusty. 21 Your companion is not one possessed: 22 And indeed he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east). 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 Nor is this the word of a stoned satan. 25 So where are you going? 26 It is naught but a reminder for the nations, 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds. 29