The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned, 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 And when souls are united, 7 And the little girl buried alive is asked 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 And when the Records of Account are laid bare. 10 when heaven shall be stripped off; 11 when Hell is set ablaze, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 But nay! I swear by the stars, 15 stars which are visible during the night 16 And the close of night, 17 by the dawn sighing, 18 that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger 19 one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; 20 One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust. 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon; 23 And he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) withholds not a knowledge of the unseen. 24 And it (the Quran) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan). 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 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29