The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun is wound up; 1 And when the stars darken, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 When the oceans boil over with a swell; 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 for what crime she was slain, 9 And when the written pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open; 10 when heaven shall be stripped off; 11 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 12 And when Paradise is brought near, 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 by the night swarming, 17 and the morn as it breathes. 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 Obeyed and worthy there of trust. 21 And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; 22 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of a satan accursed. 25 Whither then will you go? 26 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 27 to every one of you who wishes to tread the straight path. 28 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. 29