The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 And when the stars shall fall; 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 when the savage beasts shall be mustered, 5 And when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow; 6 And when souls are united, 7 And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked 8 For what sin she was slain, 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place; 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 I do not need to swear by the orbiting 15 Moving swiftly and hiding themselves, 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 and the first breath of morning. 18 Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer; 19 of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne 20 Obeyed and worthy there of trust. 21 Your companion is not possessed; 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 he is not niggardly of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this the word of a stoned satan. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 For the one among you who wishes to become upright. 28 Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds. 29