The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun shall be wound round, 1 When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 2 And when the mountains are driven. 3 When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 And when the souls he paired, 7 when the buried infant shall be asked 8 such as, "For what crime were they murdered?" 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 And when the sky is stripped away 11 when Hell is set ablaze, 12 And when the garden is brought nigh, 13 (Then) every soul will know what it had prepared (for itself). 14 But nay! I swear by the stars, 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger, 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy. 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 For the one among you who wishes to become upright. 28 However, you will not be able to choose anything unless God, Lord of the Universe wills it to be so. 29