The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is covered, 1 And when the stars fall down. 2 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); 3 And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned, 4 when the savage beasts are gathered 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 And when the souls are paired. 7 And when the girl-child who was buried alive is asked. 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 and when Heaven is laid bare; 11 And when Hellfire is set ablaze 12 And when the garden is brought nigh, 13 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. 14 Rather, I swear by the returning 15 the planets that run their course and set, 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; 20 there he is obeyed and held trustworthy. 21 And your comrade is not mad. 22 Assuredly he beheld him in the horizon manifest. 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 It is not except a reminder to the worlds 27 For him among you who pleases to go straight. 28 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29