The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
When the sun Kuwwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown). 1 And when the stars fall, 2 And when the mountains are driven. 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 when the savage beasts shall be mustered, 5 the oceans are brought to a boil, 6 and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds,] 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 the records of deeds are made public, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 when Hell shall be set blazing, 12 And when Paradise shall be brought near, 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 Oh, but I call to witness the planets, 15 Moving swiftly and hiding themselves, 16 And by oath of the night when it turns back. 17 and the first breath of morning. 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 the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 He is not avid of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 Where then will you go? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 For whoever wills among you to take a right course. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29