The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
When the sun is covered, 1 and when the stars lose their light, 2 the mountains are scattered about as dust, 3 when ten-month pregnant camels are left untended, 4 And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together; 5 when the seas shall be set boiling, 6 when the souls are coupled (to their body), 7 when the buried infant shall be asked 8 For what crime she was killed; 9 When the scrolls are laid open; 10 And when the sky is stripped away 11 When Hell is set ablaze, 12 when Paradise is brought near, 13 Every soul shall (then) know what it has prepared. 14 So by oath of those that revolve. (The planets.) 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 And the close of night, 17 and the morn as it softly breathes: 18 Truly, this is the word brought by a noble messenger, 19 endowed with power and held in honour by the Lord of the Throne -- 20 obeyed, moreover trusty. 21 Your companion is not one possessed: 22 in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon, 23 he is not grudging of the Unseen. 24 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed. 25 Whither then will you go? 26 This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds, 27 for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way; 28 but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes. 29