The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
WHEN THE SUN is folded up, 1 And when the stars fall down. 2 And when the mountains are driven. 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 And when the wild beasts are gathered 5 the oceans are brought to a boil, 6 souls are reunited with their bodies, 7 and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked: 8 for what crime she was slain, 9 When the scrolls are laid open; 10 the heavens are unveiled, 11 And when Hell-fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze. 12 and Paradise brought nigh: 13 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. 14 Oh, but I call to witness the planets, 15 Moving swiftly and hiding themselves, 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 And the morning when it brightens, 18 that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger 19 The mighty, the honoured in the presence of the Lord of the Throne. 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 Nor is your companion distracted. 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 He is not chary of making public what is unknown. 24 Nor is it the word of a satan accursed. 25 Where then are you going? 26 It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, 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