The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 And when the stars fall, 2 the mountains are scattered about as dust, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 7 and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask 8 for what crime she was slain, 9 And when the books are spread, 10 when heaven is stripped, 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 And the close of night, 17 by the dawn sighing, 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure, 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 And your comrade is not mad. 22 He had surely seen Him on the clear horizon. 23 he is not niggardly of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this the word of a stoned satan. 25 Where to are you then heading? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 So let those who want, choose the right guidance 28 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. 29