The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
When the sunlight is rolled up. 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 The mountains made to move, 3 When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended; 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together, 5 And when the seas are set on fire, 6 And when the souls are paired. 7 And when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 and when the scrolls of (men's) deeds shall be unfolded, 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 12 And when Paradise is brought near. 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 and the morn as it breathes. 18 that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger 19 endowed with power and held in honour by the Lord of the Throne -- 20 The one who is obeyed, and trustworthy. 21 (O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad; 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 He is not avid of the Unseen. 24 The Quran is not the word of condemned satan. 25 Whither then will you go? 26 This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world, 27 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight, 28 And what will you wish, except if Allah wills - the Lord of the Creation. 29