The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is folded up, 1 when the stars shall scatter away, 2 And when the hills are moved, 3 when the pregnant camels are neglected, 4 And when wild animals are herded together. 5 When the oceans boil over with a swell; 6 And when the souls he paired, 7 and when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 such as, "For what crime were they murdered?" 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 And when the hell is kindled up, 12 when Paradise is brought close: 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 Go straight, or hide; 16 and sit during the day, or by the darkening night 17 and the morning when it extends, 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 obeyed by (all creatures) and faithful to His trust. 21 Your companion is not possessed; 22 he truly beheld him [the angel] on the clear horizon. 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of the cursed Shaitan, 25 Then where are you going? 26 This is a reminder for all the peoples of the world, 27 to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way. 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29