The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; 5 And when the seas are filled with flame 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 7 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 when the records of men's deeds are laid open, 10 The curtain drawn back from the skies, 11 and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 and the night that falls, 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 Verily it is a Word brought by a messenger honoured, 19 one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 And your companion is not gone mad. 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 23 And he is of the unseen not a tenacious concealer. 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 Then where are you going? 26 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation, 27 for whosoever of you who would go straight; 28 And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds. 29