When the sun will cease to shine;[1] when the stars will loose their luster;[2] when the mountains will be blown away;[3] when the ten-month pregnant she-camels will be left unattended;[4] when the wild beasts will be brought together;[5] when the oceans will be set ablaze;[6] when the souls will be reunited with the bodies;[7] when the infant girls buried alive (here reference is made to the Pre-Islamic Arab custom of burying new born girls alive) will be questioned[8] for what sin she was killed;[9] when the record will be laid open;[10] when the heaven will be stripped bare;[11] when hell will be set to blaze,[12] and when the paradise will be brought near:[13] then each soul shall know what it has bought with it.[14]

But no! I swear by the retreating stars;[15] that run their course and hide;[16] by the night as it dissipates;[17] by the morning when it breaths again:[18] surely this word (The Qur’an) is brought by a noble Messenger (Gabriel),[19] possessor of mighty power, having very high rank with the Owner of the Throne (Allah),[20] who is obeyed in heaven, and is trustworthy.[21] O people of Makkah! Your companion has not gone mad;[22] he (Muhammad) indeed saw him (Gabriel) in the clear horizon[23] and he is not stingy to withhold the knowledge of the unseen.[24] This (Qur’an) is not the word of an accursed Shaitãn.[25] Where then are you going?[26] This is but a Message to all the people of the world,[27] to each one who wishes to follow the Right Way.[28] Yet your wishes are of no avail unless Allah, the Rabb of the worlds, pleases so.[29]