Overall meaning : When the sun is folded up and is stripped of its light, when the stars fall and are dispersed, when the mountains are removed from their places and are made to move on the face of the earth, becoming as scattered dust, when pregnant she-camels—which are considered to be the Arabs’ most valuable possessions—will be neglected and completely untended, due to the horrors of that day, when the wild beasts are gathered together on Resurrection Day so that Allah will allow them to justly retaliate against one another, when the seas are set ablaze, when people will be grouped together like with like (those who do good will be joined with those who do good, and those who do evil deeds will be joined with the evildoers), when baby girls who were buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to do) will be asked for what crime they were put to death, when people’s records of deeds will be laid open for judgement, when the sky is stripped off and removed from its place, when the Fire is made to burn fiercely for Allah’s enemies and when Paradise is brought near to the pious believers so that they may enter it: When such horrifying events take place, every person will know for certain what good or evil deeds he has done in the life of the world.