81 The Winding-Up -At-Takweer

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Most Merciful

[81.1] When the sun is woundup;

[81.2] when the stars are thrown down,

[81.3] and the mountains have been taken,

[81.4] when the pregnant camels are neglected,

[81.5] when the savage beasts are gathered

[81.6] when the seas are set boiling,

[81.7] when the souls are coupled (to their body),

[81.8] when the buried female infant is asked

[81.9] for what crime she was slain,

[81.10] when the scrolls are unrolled,

[81.11] when heaven is stripped,

[81.12] when Hell is set ablaze,

[81.13] when Paradise is brought near,

[81.14] then, each soul shall know what it has produced.

[81.15] Rather, I swear by the returning

[81.16] orbiting, disappearing;

[81.17] by the night when it approaches

[81.18] and the morning when it extends,

[81.19] it is indeed the word of an Honorable Messenger,

[81.20] of power, given a rank by the Owner of the Throne

[81.21] obeyed, and honest.

[81.22] Your Companion is not mad,

[81.23] in truth he saw him (Gabriel) on the clear horizon,

[81.24] he is not grudging of the Unseen.

[81.25] Nor is this the word of a stoned satan.

[81.26] Where then are you going?

[81.27] This is nothing but a Reminder to the worlds,

[81.28] for whosoever of you would go straight,

[81.29] but you shall not, unless Allah wills, the Lord of all the Worlds.