English - Chapter 81 - At-Takwir

THEN THE SUN is shrouded in darkness

and when the stars lose their light

and when the mountains are made to vanish

and when she-camels big with young, about to give birth, are left untended

and when all beasts are gathered together

and when the seas boil over

and when all human beings are coupled [with their deeds]

and when the girl-child that was buried alive is made to ask

for what crime she had been slain

and when the scrolls [of men's deeds] are unfolded

and when heaven is laid bare

and when the blazing fire [of hell] is kindled bright

[on that Day] every human being will come to know what he has prepared [for himself]

BUT NAY! I call to witness the revolving stars

the planets that run their course and set

and the night as it darkly falls

and the morn as it softly breathes

behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle

with strength endowed, secure with Him who in almightiness is enthroned

[the word] of one to be heeded, and worthy of trust

For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman

he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon

and he is not one to begrudge others the knowledge [of whatever has been revealed to him] out of that which is beyond the reach of human Perception

Nor is this [message] the word of any satanic force accursed

Whither, then, will you go

This [message] is no less than a reminder to all mankind –

to everyone of you who wills to walk a straight way

But you cannot will it unless God, the Sustainer of all the worlds, wills [to show you that way]