The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 And when the stars shall fall; 2 the mountains are scattered about as dust, 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 And when the souls are paired 7 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 And when the books are spread, 10 And when the sky is stripped away 11 When Hell is set ablaze, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 No! I swear by the slinkers, 15 Who move straight and stop. 16 And by the night as it departs; 17 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- 18 That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger, 19 endowed with power and held in honour by the Lord of the Throne -- 20 Obeyed and worthy there of trust. 21 Your companion (Muhammad) does not suffer from any mental illness 22 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. 23 and he is not one to begrudge others the knowledge [of whatever has been revealed to him] out of that which is beyond the reach of human Perception. 24 And it (the Quran) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan). 25 Then where are you going? 26 That is but an advice to the entire creation! 27 For whoever wills among you to take a right course. 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29