The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); 3 and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended, 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 when the buried infant shall be asked 8 For what sin she was killed 9 When the scrolls are laid open; 10 and when heaven is laid bare, 11 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.) 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 by the night swarming, 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 The mighty, the honoured in the presence of the Lord of the Throne. 20 Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy. 21 Your companion is not mad. 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29