Surah “The Overthrowing, The Cessation”

as rendered by The Study Quran — 29 verses

When the sun is enfolded
and when the stars fade away
when the mountains are set in motion
and when pregnant camels are abandoned
when the wild beasts are gathered
and when the seas are made to swell over
when the souls are coupled
and when the female infant buried alive is asked
for what sin she was slain
when the pages are spread
and when Heaven is laid bare
when Hellfire is kindled
and when the Garden is brought nigh
each soul shall know what it has made ready
So I swear by those receding
those that move and set
by the night as it approaches
and by the morning as it breathes
Truly it is the speech of a noble messenger
possessed of strength, before the Possessor of the Throne, of high rank
obeyed, trustworthy withal
Your companion is not possessed
He surely saw him upon the clear horizon
And he does not withhold grudgingly the Unseen
Nor is it the speech of a satan outcast
So where are you going
It is naught but a reminder for the worlds
for those of you who will to go straight
And you do not will but that God, Lord of the worlds, wills