The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
When the sunlight is rolled up. 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 when the savage beasts shall be brought together, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies; 7 When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - 8 for what crime she had been slain, 9 and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded, 10 and when Heaven is laid bare; 11 When Hell is set ablaze, 12 and when paradise is brought into view: 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 And the close of night, 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 19 who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 Obeyed one; then trustworthy. 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon. 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 And it is not the word of an accursed Satan; 25 Whither then will you go? 26 This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world, 27 for whosoever of you would go straight, 28 And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 29