The Quran

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

obeyed there ˹in heaven˺, and trustworthy

And your fellow man is not insane

And he did see that ˹angel˺ on the clear horizon

and he does not withhold ˹what is revealed to him of˺ the unseen

And this ˹Quran˺ is not the word of an outcast devil

So what ˹other˺ path would you take

Surely this ˹Quran˺ is only a reminder to the whole world—

to whoever of you wills to take the Straight Way

But you cannot will ˹to do so˺, except by the Will of Allah, the Lord of all worlds