The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 And when the stars shall fall; 2 And when the mountains are removed 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 the wild beasts are herded together, 5 And when the seas are filled with flame 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 7 And the little girl buried alive is asked 8 For what sin she was slain, 9 And when the pages are made public 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 Every soul will then come know what it has brought. 14 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 15 that hide, 16 by the night when it approaches 17 and the first breath of morning. 18 it is indeed the word of an Honorable Messenger, 19 one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne; 20 Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy. 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 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 Where then will you go? 26 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation, 27 to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way. 28 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29