Al Takwaeer

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. When the sun is overthrown,

1 When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up;

2 And when the stars fall,

2 When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

3 And when the hills are moved,

3 When the mountains vanish (like a mirage);

4 And when the camels big with young are abandoned,

4 When the she - camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

5 And when the wild beasts are herded together,

5 When the wild beasts are herded together (in the human habitations);

6 And when the seas rise,

6 When the oceans boil over with a swell;

7 And when souls are reunited,

7 When the souls are sorted out, (being joined, like with like);

8 And when the girl - child that was buried alive is asked

8 When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned -

9 For what sin she was slain,

9 For what crime she was killed;

10 And when the pages are laid open,

10 When the scrolls are laid open;

11 And when the sky is torn away,

11 When the world on High is unveiled;

12 And when hell is lighted,

12 When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat;

13 And when the Garden is brought nigh,

13 And when the Garden is brought near; -

14 (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.

14 (Then) shall each soul know what it has put forward.

15 Oh, but I call to witness the planets,

15 So verily I call to witness the planets - that recede,

16 The stars which rise and set,

16 Go straight, or hide;

17 And the close of night,

17 And the Night as it dissipates;

18 And the breath of morning

18 And the Dawn as it breathes away the darkness; -

19 That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,

19 Verily this is the word of a most honourable Messenger,

20 Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,

20 Endued with Power, with rank before the Lord of the Throne,

21 (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;

21 With authority there, (and) faithful to his trust.

22 And your comrade is not mad.

22 And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed;

23 Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.

23 And without doubt he saw him in the clear horizon.

24 And he is not avid of the Unseen.

24 Neither doth he withhold grudgingly a knowledge of the Unseen.

25 Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.

25 Nor is it the word of an evil spirit accursed.

26 Whither then go ye ?

26 When whither go ye?

27 This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,

27 Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:

28 Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.

28 (With profit) to whoever among you wills to go straight:

29 And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.

29 But ye shall not will except as Allah wills, - the Cherisher of the Worlds.