The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] 1 And when the stars shall dart down, 2 The mountains made to move, 3 And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned, 4 And when the wild beasts are herded together, 5 When the oceans surge and swell, 6 when the souls shall be coupled, 7 And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked 8 Upon what sin was she killed for. 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 And when the hell is kindled up, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]. 14 I swear by the receding stars. 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 and the night that falls, 17 and the morn as it breathes. 18 Most surely it is the Word of an honored messenger, 19 Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne, 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon; 23 He is not avid of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 When whither go ye? 26 That is but an advice to the entire creation! 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29