The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
When the sun is wound up; 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 And when the hills are moved, 3 when the pregnant camels shall be neglected, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 And when souls are united, 7 when the buried infant shall be asked 8 Upon what sin was she killed for. 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 when the sky is unveiled, 11 And when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze. 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves, 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne 20 [the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust! 21 Your Companion is not mad, 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen; 24 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 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