The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful
When the sun is folded up, 1 And when the stars fall, dispersing, 2 And when the mountains shall made to pass away; 3 the young barren camels are abandoned, 4 when the savage beasts shall be mustered, 5 And when the seas are set afire. 6 And when the souls he paired, 7 And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) shall be questioned. 8 Upon what sin was she killed for. 9 And when the pages are made public 10 And when the heaven is torn away. 11 and Hell is stoked, 12 and Paradise brought nigh: 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 So, I call the receding stars to witness, 15 stars which are visible during the night 16 And by the night when it departeth, 17 And the breath of morning 18 truly this is the word of a noble 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 Your companion is not possessed; 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 When whither go ye? 26 That is but an advice to the entire creation! 27 (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight: 28 but you shall not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds. 29