The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 the mountains are scattered about as dust, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 when the savage beasts shall be brought together, 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 When souls are reunited (with the bodies) 7 And when the girl buried alive shall be asked: 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 when heaven is stripped, 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 I swear by the receding stars. 15 stars which are visible during the night 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- 18 Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer; 19 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 And your companion is not gone mad. 22 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 25 So where are you going? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 for whosoever of you who would go straight; 28 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29