The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; 1 The stars turn dim and scatter, 2 And when the hills are moved, 3 When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; 4 when the savage beasts shall be brought together, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 souls are reunited with their bodies, 7 And the little girl buried alive is asked 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 when heaven shall be stripped off; 11 hell is made to blaze, 12 and Paradise brought nigh: 13 then shall each person know what he has brought along. 14 I swear by the receding stars. 15 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves, 16 And the close of night, 17 and the first breath of morning. 18 Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer; 19 one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; 20 obeyed by (all creatures) and faithful to His trust. 21 (O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad; 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 He is not avid of the Unseen. 24 And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. 25 Where then are you going? 26 This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world, 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