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

2 . When the stars fall, losing their lustre; 

3 . When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); 

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

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

6 . When the oceans boil over with a swell; 

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

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

9 . For what crime she was killed; 

10 . When the scrolls are laid open; 

11 . When the world on High is unveiled; 

12 . When the Blazing Fire is kindled to fierce heat; 

13 . And when the Garden is brought near;- 

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

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

16 . Go straight, or hide; 

17 . And the Night as it dissipates; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 . When whither go ye? 

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

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

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