The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 And when the stars darken, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when the camels big with young are abandoned, 4 And when the wild animals are made to go forth, 5 and when the seas are set on fire, 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 7 and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 So, I call the receding stars to witness, 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 The closing night, 17 And the breath of morning 18 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, 19 Owner of power, and high rank with (Allah) the Lord of the Throne, 20 who is obeyed there and is worthy of trust. 21 And your companion is not gone mad. 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. 24 nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. 25 Then where are you going? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. 29