The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 And when the stars fall, 2 And when the mountains shall made to pass away; 3 And when full-term she-camels are neglected 4 when the savage beasts shall be mustered, 5 And when the seas rise, 6 And when the souls are paired 7 And when the girl buried alive shall be asked: 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 And when the Writs shall be lain open, 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 [on that Day] every human being will come to know what he has prepared [for himself]. 14 I swear by the receding stars, 15 Who move straight and stop. 16 And the Night as it dissipates; 17 The rising dawn, 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 [the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust! 21 And your companion is not insane. 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 23 And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. 24 Nor is this the word of an outcast devil. 25 So where are you going? 26 It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, 27 For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29