The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, 1 And when the stars fall, dispersing, 2 And when the mountains shall be made to pass away, 3 The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 When the oceans surge and swell, 6 And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies; 7 and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask 8 For what sin she was killed? 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 And when the sky is torn away, 11 when Hell shall be set blazing, 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 No! I swear by the slinkers, 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 And the Night as it dissipates; 17 and the morning when it extends, 18 Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger, 19 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust. 21 Your Companion is not mad, 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 And he is not avid of the Unseen. 24 nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. 25 So where are you going? 26 This is naught but an admonition unto the worlds 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29