The Rolling (Al-Takweer)
In the name of Allah, most benevolent, ever-merciful
WHEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness, 1 the stars are made to fade away, 2 And when the mountains shall be made to pass away, 3 And when full-term she-camels are neglected 4 The wild beasts stampede on the run, 5 when the seas are set boiling, 6 When souls are reunited (with the bodies) 7 When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned - 8 for what sin she was slain, 9 When the ledgers are laid open, 10 and when Heaven is laid bare; 11 And when Hellfire is set ablaze 12 when Paradise is brought close: 13 [then] each soul shall know what it has put forward. 14 So I swear by the retreating stars - 15 orbiting, disappearing; 16 and by the night as it recedes, 17 And by the morning when it shineth forth, 18 Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer; 19 The processor of strength, having an honorable place with the Lord of the Dominion, 20 Obeyed and worthy there of trust. 21 And your comrade is not mad. 22 he truly saw him on the clear horizon; 23 Nor of the unseen is he a tenacious concealer. 24 This is not the utterance of an accursed devil. 25 When whither go ye? 26 It is not except a reminder to the worlds 27 For those of you who desire to walk the path that is straight, 28 Though you cannot desire except as God will, the Lord of all the worlds. 29