The Overthrowing

When the sun is put out

and when the stars fall down

and when the mountains are blown away

and when pregnant camels are left untended

and when wild beasts are gathered together

and when the seas are set on fire

and when the souls ˹and their bodies˺ are paired ˹once more˺

and when baby girls, buried alive, are asked

for what crime they were put to death

and when the records ˹of deeds˺ are laid open

and when the sky is stripped away

and when the Hellfire is fiercely flared up

and when Paradise is brought near—

˹on that Day˺ each soul will know what ˹deeds˺ it has brought along.

I do swear by the receding stars

which travel and hide

and the night as it falls

and the day as it breaks!

Indeed, this ˹Quran˺ is the Word of ˹Allah delivered by Gabriel,˺ a noble messenger-angel

full of power, held in honour by the Lord of the Throne