The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
When the sun shall be wound round, 1 And when the stars fall, 2 The mountains made to move, 3 the young barren camels are abandoned, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 when the buried female infant is asked 8 for what crime she had been slain, 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 And when the heaven has its covering removed, 11 And when Hellfire is set ablaze 12 and Paradise is brought near, 13 then shall each person know what he has brought along. 14 No! I swear by the slinkers, 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 And by the night when it departeth, 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, 19 Owner of power, and high rank with (Allah) the Lord of the Throne, 20 The one who is obeyed, and trustworthy. (Other angels obey angel Jibreel). 21 Your Companion is not mad, 22 And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon. 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed. 25 Where then will you go? 26 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29