The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun shall be wound round, 1 And when the stars fall, 2 The mountains made to move, 3 And when the camels are left untended, 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 when the souls shall be coupled, 7 And the little girl buried alive is asked 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 When the scrolls are laid open; 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 And when the Scorch shall be made to blaze, 12 when Paradise is brought close: 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars, 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 The closing night, 17 and the first breath of morning. 18 Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger, 19 The mighty, the honoured in the presence of the Lord of the Throne. 20 [the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust! 21 Nor is your companion distracted. 22 And of a truth he saw himself on the clear horizon. 23 nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen; 24 And it is not the word of an accursed Satan; 25 Whither then will you go? 26 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds: 27 To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight, 28 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29