The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown). 1 And when the stars fall, 2 And when the mountains shall be made to pass away, 3 when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned, 4 when the savage beasts shall be brought together, 5 And when the seas rise, 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 such as, "For what crime were they murdered?" 9 When the scrolls are laid open; 10 And when the sky is torn away, 11 hell is made to blaze, 12 And when Paradise shall be brought near, 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 I do not need to swear by the orbiting 15 Moving swiftly and hiding themselves, 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And by oath of the morning when it takes birth. 18 Verily it is a Word brought by a messenger honoured, 19 of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne 20 [the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust! 21 Your companion is not one possessed: 22 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 And it is not the word of an accursed Satan; 25 where then are you going? 26 This is merely a reminder to all mankind; 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29