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It needeth not that I swear by the day of the RESURRECTION,
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Or that I swear by the self-accusing soul.
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Thinketh man that we shall not re-unite his bones?
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Aye! his very finger tips are we able evenly to replace.
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But man chooseth to deny what is before him:
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He asketh, "When this day of Resurrection?"
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But when the eye shall be dazzled,
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And when the moon shall be darkened,
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And the sun and the moon shall be together,
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On that day man shall cry, "Where is there a place to flee to?"
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But in vain-there is no refuge-
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With thy Lord on that day shall be the sole asylum.
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On that day shall man be told of all that he hath done first and last;
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Yea, a man shall be the eye witness against himself:
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And even if he put forth his plea. . . .
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(Move not thy tongue in haste to follow and master this revelation:
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For we will see to the collecting and the recital of it;
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But when we have recited it, then follow thou the recital,
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And, verily, afterwards it shall be ours to make it clear to thee.)
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Aye, but ye love the transitory,
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And ye neglect the life to come.
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On that day shall faces beam with light,
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Outlooking towards their Lord;
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And faces on that day shall be dismal,
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As if they thought that some great calamity would befal them.
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Aye, when the soul shall come up into the throat,
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And there shall be a cry, "Who hath a charm that can restore him?"
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And the man feeleth that the time of his departure is come,
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And when one leg shall be laid over the other,
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To thy Lord on that day shall he be driven on;
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For he believed not, and he did not pray,
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But he called the truth a lie and turned his back,
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Then, walking with haughty men, rejoined his people.
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That Hour is nearer to thee and nearer,
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It is ever nearer to thee and nearer still.
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Thinketh man that he shall be left supreme?
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Was he not a mere embryo?
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Then he became thick blood of which God formed him and fashioned him;
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And made him twain, male and female.
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Is not He powerful enough to quicken the dead?
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