The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
When the sun shall be wound round, 1 When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 2 and when the mountains are made to vanish, 3 the young barren camels are abandoned, 4 And when the wild beasts are gathered 5 the oceans are brought to a boil, 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 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 when heaven is stripped, 11 And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze, 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 I swear by the receding stars, 15 stars which are visible during the night 16 And the night when it departs, 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger, 19 Owner of power, and high rank with (Allah) the Lord of the Throne, 20 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy; 21 Your companion is not one possessed: 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 And he is not avid of the Unseen. 24 And it is not the word of an accursed Satan; 25 Whither then go ye? 26 It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, 27 for whosoever of you who would go straight; 28 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills,- the Cherisher of the Worlds. 29