The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 and the mountains have been taken, 3 And when full-term she-camels are neglected 4 And when the wild beasts are herded together, 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 And when the souls shall be joined with their bodies; 7 when the buried infant shall be asked 8 for what sin she was killed, 9 and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded, 10 When the world on High is unveiled; 11 hell is made to blaze, 12 And when the Garden is brought near;- 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 I swear by the receding stars, 15 stars which are visible during the night 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness;- 18 that the Quran is the word of the honorable angelic, mighty Messenger 19 Owner of strength, of established dignity with the Lord of the Throne. 20 Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy. 21 And your companion is not insane. 22 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon. 23 He is not avid of the Unseen. 24 This is not the utterance of an accursed devil. 25 Whither, then, will you go? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 For the one among you who wishes to become upright. 28 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation. 29