The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; 1 And when the stars shall fall; 2 when the mountains shall be set moving, 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 When the oceans surge and swell, 6 And when souls are united, 7 and when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 such as, "For what crime were they murdered?" 9 when the scrolls shall be unrolled, 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze, 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 And by the planets that move swiftly and hide themselves, 16 and sit during the day, or by the darkening night 17 and the morn as it breathes. 18 This is indeed the recitation of an honoured Noble Messenger. (Angel Jibreel – peace and blessings be upon him.) 19 Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne, 20 With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. 21 Nor is your companion distracted. 22 Assuredly he beheld him in the horizon manifest. 23 And he is of the unseen not a tenacious concealer. 24 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 25 When whither go ye? 26 It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, 27 to every one of you who wishes to tread the straight path. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29