The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 And when the mountains are made to pass away, 3 And when the pregnant she-camels shall be neglected; 4 And when the wild animals are made to go forth, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 And when souls are reunited, 7 and when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 And when the pages are made public 10 when heaven shall be stripped off; 11 when Hell is set ablaze, 12 And when Paradise is brought near. 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 15 the planets that run their course and set, 16 And by the night as it departs; 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 Mighty, established in the presence of 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 And indeed he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east). 23 And this Prophet is not miserly upon the hidden. (Allah gave the knowledge of the hidden to the Holy Prophet – peace and blessings be upon him.) 24 nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. 25 So where are you going? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds. 29