The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 when the stars shall scatter away, 2 the mountains are scattered about as dust, 3 And when milch camels roam abandoned. 4 And when the wild animals are made to go forth, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 And when souls are reunited, 7 And the little girl buried alive is asked 8 For what sin she was killed, 9 when the scrolls are unrolled, 10 And when the heaven shall be stripped, 11 And when hell is lighted, 12 and Paradise is brought near, 13 then shall a soul know what it has produced. 14 So by oath of those, the planets that revolve. 15 the planets that run their course and set, 16 And the night when it departs, 17 and brightening morning, 18 That this is indeed the word of an honoured Messenger, 19 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne, 20 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy; 21 Your companion is not mad. 22 Assuredly he beheld him in the horizon manifest. 23 He (Muhammad) is not accused of lying about the unseen. 24 Nor is this the word of an outcast devil. 25 So where are you going? 26 It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world, 27 to every one of you who wishes to tread the straight path. 28 But you cannot will it unless God, the Lord of the Universe, so wills it [to show you that way]. 29