The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace
When the sun is wound up; 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 and when the mountains are moved, 3 And when the camels big with young are abandoned, 4 And when the wild animals are made to go forth, 5 and when the seas are set on fire, 6 when the souls shall be coupled, 7 And when the girl buried alive shall be asked: 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded, 10 And when the sky is stripped away 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 Then every soul shall know that which it hath presented. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 stars which are visible during the night 16 and the night as it darkly falls, 17 And by the dawn when it breathes 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, 20 With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust. 21 And your comrade is not mad. 22 And indeed he (Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) saw him [Jibrael (Gabriel)] in the clear horizon (towards the east). 23 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen. 24 nor is it a word of an accursed Satan. 25 When whither go ye? 26 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation, 27 to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]. 29