The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 And when the stars darken, 2 And when the mountains are removed 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 And when wild animals are herded together. 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 And when the girl buried alive shall be asked: 8 For what sin she was slain, 9 the records of deeds are made public, 10 and when heaven is laid bare, 11 and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright, 12 when Paradise is brought close: 13 then, each soul shall know what it has produced. 14 So, I call the receding stars to witness, 15 The stars which rise and set, 16 by the night swarming, 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 [That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger 19 endowed with power and held in honour by the Lord of the Throne -- 20 Obeyed one; then trustworthy. 21 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 And indeed he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east). 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. 25 Whither then will you go? 26 This is naught but an admonition unto the worlds 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. 29