The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
When the sun is covered, 1 And when the stars darken, 2 And when the mountains are made to pass away, 3 And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned, 4 when the savage beasts shall be brought together, 5 When the oceans surge and swell, 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 for what sin she was slain, 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 when heaven is stripped, 11 And when the hell is kindled up, 12 And when the Garden is brought nigh, 13 (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger, 19 who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 who is obeyed there and is worthy of trust. 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon; 23 And this Prophet is not miserly upon the hidden. (Allah gave the knowledge of the hidden to the Holy Prophet – peace and blessings be upon him.) 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 Where then will you go? 26 It is naught but a reminder for the nations, 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 29