The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, 1 The stars turn dim and scatter, 2 And when the mountains are driven. 3 When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies; 7 and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask 8 For what sin she was slain, 9 and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded, 10 and when heaven is laid bare, 11 When Hell is set ablaze, 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 Every soul will then come know what it has brought. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 by the night swarming, 17 and brightening morning, 18 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 19 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, 20 there he is obeyed and held trustworthy. 21 And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; 22 Assuredly he beheld him in the horizon manifest. 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed. 25 where then are you going? 26 It is naught but a reminder for the nations, 27 For whoever wills among you to take a right course. 28 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. 29