The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
When the sun shall be darkened, 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 And when the mountains are removed 3 The ten-month pregnant female camels are abandoned, 4 And when the wild animals are made to go forth, 5 And when the seas shall become as blazing Fire or shall overflow; 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 and when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 And when hell is lighted, 12 and Paradise brought nigh: 13 [on that Day] every human being will come to know what he has prepared [for himself]. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 And by the night as it departs; 17 And by the dawn as it brightens; 18 Verily it is a Word brought by a messenger honoured, 19 Full of power, well-established (in position) with the Lord and Master of the Throne, 20 Obeyed one; then trustworthy. 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 He had surely seen Him on the clear horizon. 23 Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer. 24 nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. 25 Whither, then, will you go? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 for whosoever of you would go straight, 28 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. 29