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| 1. * | WHEN the sun shall be FOLDED UP, |
| 2. * | And when the stars shall fall, |
| 3. * | And when the mountains shall be set in motion, |
| 4. * | And when the she-camels shall be abandoned, |
| 5. * | And when the wild beasts shall be gathered together, |
| 6. * | And when the seas shall boil, |
| 7. * | And when souls shall be paired with their bodies, |
| 8. * | And when the female child that had been buried alive shall be asked |
| 9. * | For what crime she was put to death, |
| 10. * | And when the leaves of the Book shall be unrolled, |
| 11. * | And when the Heaven shall be stripped away, |
| 12. * | And when Hell shall be made to blaze, |
| 13. * | And when Paradise shall be brought near, |
| 14. * | Every soul shall know what it hath produced. |
| 15. * | It needs not that I swear by the stars of retrograde motions |
| 16. * | Which move swiftly and hide themselves away, |
| 17. * | And by the night when it cometh darkening on, |
| 18. * | And by the dawn when it brighteneth, |
| 19. * | That this is the word of an illustrious Messenger, |
| 20. * | Endued with power, having influence with the Lord of the Throne, |
| 21. * | Obeyed there by Angels, faithful to his trust, |
| 22. * | And your compatriot is not one possessed by djinn; |
| 23. * | For he saw him in the clear horizon: |
| 24. * | Nor doth he grapple with heaven's secrets, |
| 25. * | Nor doth he teach the doctrine of a cursed Satan. |
| 26. * | Whither then are ye going? |
| 27. * | Verily, this is no other than a warning to all creatures; |
| 28. * | To him among you who willeth to walk in a straight path: |
| 29. * | But will it ye shall not, unless as God willeth it, the Lord of the worlds. |