The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
When the sunlight is rolled up. 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 when the mountains shall be set moving, 3 when the pregnant camels are neglected, 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; 5 the oceans are brought to a boil, 6 And when souls are united, 7 questions are asked about the baby girls buried alive, 8 For what sin she was slain, 9 the records of deeds are made public, 10 when heaven shall be stripped off; 11 and when Hell is set ablaze, 12 And when the Garden shall be brought nigh, 13 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready. 14 Rather, I swear by the returning 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And the breath of morning 18 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger, 19 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 One (to be) obeyed, and faithful in trust. 21 Your Companion is not mad, 22 He certainly saw him (Gabriel) high up on the horizon in his original form 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed. 25 When whither go ye? 26 This is merely a reminder to all mankind; 27 For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, 28 And you will not, unless (it be) that Allah wills, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). 29