The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun is folded up, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 And when full-term she-camels are neglected 4 the wild beasts are herded together, 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 when the souls shall be coupled, 7 And when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 For what crime she was put to death; 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 And when the sky is stripped away 11 When Hell is set ablaze, 12 And Paradise brought near, 13 (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. 14 But nay! I swear by the stars, 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure, 20 Obeyed and worthy there of trust. 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 he truly beheld him [the angel] on the clear horizon. 23 And he is of the unseen not a tenacious concealer. 24 And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. 25 Whither, then, will you go? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 to every one of you who wishes to tread the straight path. 28 And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds. 29