The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun shall be folded up, 1 When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 2 And when the hills are moved, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 And when the wild beasts are herded together, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 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 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 when Hell is set ablaze, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 But nay! I swear by the stars, 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 and sit during the day, or by the darkening night 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger, 19 [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position], 20 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy; 21 And your comrade is not mad. 22 he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon; 23 And he is not avid of the Unseen. 24 And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens]. 25 Where then are you going? 26 It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings, 27 for whosoever of you would go straight, 28 However, you will not be able to choose anything unless God, Lord of the Universe wills it to be so. 29