The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
When the sunlight is rolled up. 1 when the stars shall scatter away, 2 And when the mountains are made to pass away, 3 And when full-term she-camels are neglected 4 And when the wild beasts are herded together, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 And when the souls are paired 7 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 When the world on High is unveiled; 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 then shall each person know what he has brought along. 14 No indeed; I swear by the alternating stars 15 Moving swiftly and hiding themselves, 16 And the close of night, 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger 19 Owner of power, and high rank with (Allah) the Lord of the Throne, 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman: 22 he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon; 23 and he is not one to begrudge others the knowledge [of whatever has been revealed to him] out of that which is beyond the reach of human Perception. 24 And it (the Quran) is not the word of the outcast Shaitan (Satan). 25 When whither go ye? 26 This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind 27 For the one among you who wishes to become upright. 28 And ye shall not will unless it be that Allah, the Lord of the worlds, willeth. 29