The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 when the stars shall be thrown down, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 when the savage beasts shall be mustered, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 when the souls shall be coupled, 7 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 And when the Records of Account are laid bare. 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 And when Hellfire is set ablaze 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.) 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger 19 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, 20 obeyed, moreover trusty. 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 He certainly saw him (Gabriel) high up on the horizon in his original form 23 And this Prophet is not miserly upon the hidden. (Allah gave the knowledge of the hidden to the Holy Prophet – peace and blessings be upon him.) 24 Nor is it the word of a satan accursed. 25 So where are you going? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 For whoever wills among you to take a right course. 28 And ye shall not will unless it be that Allah, the Lord of the worlds, willeth. 29