The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun shall be wound round, 1 And when the stars fall, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned, 4 And when the wild beasts are gathered 5 And when the seas rise, 6 And when the souls he paired, 7 and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask 8 Upon what sin was she killed for. 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze, 12 And when the garden is brought nigh, 13 [on that Day] every human being will come to know what he has prepared [for himself]. 14 I do not need to swear by the orbiting 15 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves, 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 and the morning when it extends, 18 That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger, 19 with strength endowed, secure with Him who in almightiness is enthroned 20 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy; 21 Your companion is not one possessed: 22 he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon; 23 he is not niggardly of the Unseen. 24 And the Qur'an is not the recitation of Satan the outcast. 25 Whither, then, will you go? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29