The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 And when the stars shall dart down, 2 And when the mountains are removed 3 And when the she-camels big with young shall be abandoned, 4 and when all beasts are gathered together, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 And when souls are united, 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 the heavens are unveiled, 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 And Paradise brought near, 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.) 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position], 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon. 23 And he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) withholds not a 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 This is certainly the guidance for all (jinn and mankind). 27 to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29