When once the sun is contracted and loses light and becomes dim
The stars emit no light, lose aspect, contribute to cosmic catastrophes and they are no longer in trim
The mountains are put in motion and vanish
The precious pregnant she - camels are forsaken
The wild beasts are thronged
The seas boil and become inundated
The like are consorted with the like, joined in companionship and associated (or the souls embodied
The entombed - alive female infant is asked
For what guilt was she made to suffer infanticide
And when the records are laid open and are open wide
And when the heaven is erased
And when Hell is blazed
And when Paradise is brought close at hand
Then, every soul becomes fully cognizant of what she brought along of deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety or works imprinted with iniquity and impiety
I swear by the heavenly bodies that recede
The planets which in a retrograde motion do proceed
And by the night when she feels her way and then softly moves away
And by the morn when it draws the breath of relief and heyday
That it -the Quran- is the word of Allah conveyed by a distinguished Messenger Jibril (Gabriel) who is regarded with honour
He is quite powerful and he is endued from the Throne of grace with high esteem
And he is obeyed in the realm and to his trust he is faithfully supreme
Nor is your companion the -Prophet Muhammad- possessed by an evil spirit
For he certainly saw him -the angel Jibril- at the clear horizon
Nor should he be accused of withholding any heavenly or divine knowledge of the unseen
Nor is it -the Quran- the word of an accursed spirit
How could you think this way and where can you turn
This Quran is but a universal message and an admonition of great concern
For him who, among you, wishes to follow the path of rectitude which is the path in the main
But even then you cannot exercise your will unless it be Allah's will; He is the Creator of the worlds