The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, 1 And when the stars fall, dispersing, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 And when the wild beasts are herded together, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 And when the souls are paired 7 and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked: 8 such as, "For what crime were they murdered?" 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 When the world on High is unveiled; 11 hell is made to blaze, 12 when Paradise is brought close: 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 I do not need to swear by the orbiting 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 who is obeyed there and is worthy of trust. 21 Your companion is not mad. 22 And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 It is naught but a reminder for the nations, 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 29