The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is covered, 1 And when the stars shall fall; 2 And when the hills are moved, 3 when the pregnant camels are neglected, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 And when souls are united, 7 And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked 8 for what crime she was slain, 9 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 The curtain drawn back from the skies, 11 And when Hellfire is set ablaze 12 And when Paradise shall be brought near, 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 I do not need to swear by the orbiting 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 And by the night when it departeth, 17 and the first breath of morning. 18 This is indeed the recitation of an honoured Noble Messenger. (Angel Jibreel – peace and blessings be upon him.) 19 who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 obeyed, and honest. 21 Your Companion is not mad, 22 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. 23 And he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) withholds not a knowledge of the unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 Whither then go ye? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29