The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
When the sun is folded up, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 And when the mountains shall be made to pass away, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 And when the seas are set on fire, 6 souls are reunited with their bodies, 7 And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked 8 for what offence was she killed? 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 And when the sky is torn away, 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 when Paradise shall be brought nigh, 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede, 15 The planets withdrawing into themselves, 16 And by the night as it departs; 17 by the dawn sighing, 18 truly this is the word of a noble Messenger 19 who is honored in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 Obeyed and worthy there of trust. 21 Your companion (Muhammad) does not suffer from any mental illness 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen. 24 Nor is this the word of a stoned satan. 25 When whither go ye? 26 It is naught but a reminder for the nations, 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds. 29