The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun is wound up; 1 When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 2 And when the mountains are removed 3 when the pregnant camels shall be neglected, 4 When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations); 5 When the oceans boil over with a swell; 6 When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like); 7 And when the girl-child who was buried alive is asked. 8 Upon what sin was she killed for. 9 And when the pages are laid open, 10 And when the sky is torn away, 11 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 12 when Paradise is brought close: 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 15 Who move straight and stop. 16 And the close of night, 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 That this is indeed the word of an honoured 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 And (O people) your companion (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) is not a madman; 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer. 24 Nor is it the word of a satan accursed. 25 Where then will you go? 26 It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, 27 for whosoever of you would go straight, 28 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. 29