The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is folded up, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned, 4 And when the wild beasts are herded together, 5 and when the seas boil over, 6 when the souls are divided into different classes, 7 And when the female infant buried alive is asked 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 when the scrolls shall be unrolled, 10 and when heaven is laid bare, 11 when Hell shall be set blazing, 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 Then every soul shall know that which it hath presented. 14 So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.) 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 And by the night as it closes in 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne, 20 Obeyed (by the angels), trustworthy there (in the heavens). 21 Nor is your companion distracted. 22 And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon. 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. 25 Whither, then, will you go? 26 It is not except a reminder to the worlds 27 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight. 28 but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being. 29