The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] 1 when the stars shall scatter away, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 And when the wild animals are made to go forth, 5 When the oceans surge and swell, 6 When souls are reunited (with the bodies) 7 and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask 8 for what sin she was killed, 9 when the scrolls shall be unrolled, 10 The curtain drawn back from the skies, 11 hell is made to blaze, 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 by the night swarming, 17 by the dawn sighing, 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne 20 obeyed by (all creatures) and faithful to His trust. 21 (O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad; 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. 24 And the Qur’an is not the recitation of Satan the outcast. 25 Where to are you then heading? 26 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 27 For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, 28 And you do not please except that Allah please, the Lord of the worlds. 29