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