The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; 1 And when the stars fall, 2 and when the mountains are made to vanish, 3 when the pregnant camels are neglected, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 And when the souls are paired. 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 for what crime she was slain, 9 And when the books are spread, 10 when the sky is unveiled, 11 and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright, 12 And when Paradise shall be brought near, 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 No indeed; I swear by the alternating stars 15 Moving swiftly and hiding themselves, 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 and the first breath of morning. 18 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 [the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust! 21 Your Companion is not mad, 22 He certainly saw him (Gabriel) high up on the horizon in his original form 23 And this Prophet is not miserly upon the hidden. (Allah gave the knowledge of the hidden to the Holy Prophet – peace and blessings be upon him.) 24 Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed. 25 Where then will you go? 26 That is but an advice to the entire creation! 27 For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, 28 but you shall not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds. 29