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 the mountains are scattered about as dust, 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 When the oceans boil over with a swell; 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 and when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 For what crime she was put to death; 9 the records of deeds are made public, 10 the heavens are unveiled, 11 And when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze. 12 And when the Garden shall be brought nigh, 13 (Then) every soul will know what it had prepared (for itself). 14 Rather, I swear by the returning 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 The rising dawn, 18 That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger, 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 obeyed by (all creatures) and faithful to His trust. 21 Nor is your companion distracted. 22 He certainly saw him (Gabriel) high up on the horizon in his original form 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 Nor is it the word of a satan accursed. 25 Whither, then, will you go? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 For him among you who pleases to go straight. 28 And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 29