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| 1. * | WHEN THE SKY is cleft asunder,* |
| 2. * | and when the stars are scattered, |
| 3. * | and when the seas burst beyond their bounds, |
| 4. * | and when the graves are overturned - |
| 5. * | every human being will [at last] comprehend, what he has sent ahead and what he has held back [in this world].* |
| 6. * | O MAN! What is it that lures thee away from thy bountiful Sustainer,* |
| 7. * | who has created thee, and formed thee in accordance with what thou art meant' to be, and shaped thy nature in just proportions,* |
| 8. * | having put thee together in whatever form He willed [thee to have]? |
| 9. * | Nay, [O men,] but you [are lured away from God whenever you are tempted to] give the lie to [God's] Judgment!* |
| 10. * | And yet, verily, there are ever-watchful forces over you, |
| 11. * | noble, recording, |
| 12. * | aware of whatever you do!* |
| 13. * | Behold, [in the life to come] the truly virtuous: will indeed be in bliss, |
| 14. * | whereas, behold, the wicked will indeed be in a blazing fire - |
| 15. * | [a fire] which they shall enter on Judgment Day, |
| 16. * | and which they shall not [be able to] evade. |
| 17. * | And what could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be? |
| 18. * | And once again: What could make thee conceive what that Judgment Day will be?* |
| 19. * | [It will be] a Day when no human being shall be of the least avail to another human being: for on that Day [it will become manifest that] all sovereignty is God's alone. |