The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sunlight is rolled up. 1 And when the stars darken, 2 And when the mountains are made to pass away, 3 when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned, 4 the wild beasts are herded together, 5 When the oceans surge and swell, 6 when the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies), 7 when the buried female infant is asked 8 Upon what sin was she killed for. 9 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 And when the sky is torn away, 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 And when the Garden shall be brought nigh, 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.) 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 The closing night, 17 And by the dawn as it brightens; 18 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 obeyed by (all creatures) and faithful to His trust. 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 He certainly saw him (Gabriel) high up on the horizon in his original form 23 And he is not avid of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned. 25 Where to are you then heading? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 for whosoever of you would go straight, 28 However, you will not be able to choose anything unless God, Lord of the Universe wills it to be so. 29