— 29 verses
When the sun shall be folded up
when the stars shall scatter away
when the mountains shall be set in motion
when the ten-months pregnant camels shall be abandoned
when the savage beasts shall be brought together
when the seas shall be set boiling
when the souls shall be rejoined (with their bodies)
and when the girl-child buried alive shall be asked
for what offence was she killed
and when the scrolls of (men´s) deeds shall be unfolded
and when Heaven is laid bare
and Hell is stoked
and Paradise brought nigh
then shall each person know what he has brought along
No indeed; I swear by the alternating star
that hide
and by the night as it recedes
and the morn as it breathes
Verily this is the word of a noble message-bearer
one mighty and held in honour with the Lord of the Throne
there he is obeyed and held trustworthy
(O people of Makkah), your companion is not mad
he indeed saw the message-bearer on the clear horizon
nor does he grudge (conveying this knowledge about) the Unseen
nor is it a word of an accursed Satan
Where to are you then heading
It is nothing but Good Counsel for everyone in the world
for everyone of you who wishes to follow the Straight Way
but your wishing will not avail unless Allah, the Lord of the Universe, so wishes