The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun shall be wound round, 1 when the stars shall scatter away, 2 and when the mountains are made to vanish, 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 And when souls are reunited, 7 and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked: 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 when the scrolls shall be unrolled, 10 and when Heaven is laid bare; 11 And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze, 12 And when Paradise is brought near, 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 I do not need to swear by the orbiting 15 Who move straight and stop. 16 And the Night as it dissipates; 17 And the morning when it brightens, 18 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, 19 The mighty, the honoured in the presence of the Lord of the Throne. 20 Obeyed one; then trustworthy. 21 And your companion is not [at all] mad. 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 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 it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 25 Whither then go ye? 26 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 27 to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way. 28 However, you will not be able to choose anything unless God, Lord of the Universe wills it to be so. 29