The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
When the sun is folded up, 1 The stars turn dim and scatter, 2 And when the mountains shall be made to pass away, 3 And when the camels big with young are abandoned, 4 when the savage beasts shall be brought together, 5 And when the seas are set on fire, 6 And when the souls he paired, 7 when the buried infant shall be asked 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 When the scrolls are laid open; 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place; 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 And by the night as it departs; 17 The rising dawn, 18 behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle, 19 endowed with power and held in honour by the Lord of the Throne -- 20 obeyed, and honest. 21 Nor is your companion distracted. 22 And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon. 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned. 25 So where are you going? 26 This is merely a reminder to all mankind; 27 for whosoever of you who would go straight; 28 And ye shall not will unless it be that Allah, the Lord of the worlds, willeth. 29