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1.  *     When the heaven shall be rent in sunder,
 
2.  *     and shall obey its Lord, and shall be capable thereof;
 
3.  *     and when the earth shall be stretched out,
 
4.  *     and shall cast forth that which is therein, and shall remain empty,
 
5.  *     and shall obey its Lord, and shall be capable thereof:
 
6.  *     O man, verily labouring thou labourest to meet thy Lord, and thou shalt meet Him.
 
7.  *     And he who shall have his book given into his right hand,
 
8.  *     shall be called to an easy account,
 
9.  *     and shall turn unto his family with joy:
 
10.  *     But he who shall have his book given him behind his back,
 
11.  *     shall invoke destruction to fall upon him,
 
12.  *     and he shall be sent into hell to be burned;
 
13.  *     because he rejoiced insolently amidst his family on earth.
 
14.  *     Verily he thought that he should never return unto God:
 
15.  *     Yea verily; but his Lord beheld him.
 
16.  *     Wherefore I swear by the redness of the sky after sun-set,
 
17.  *     and by the night, and the animals which it driveth together,
 
18.  *     and by the moon when she is at the full;
 
19.  *     ye shall surely be transferred successively from state to state.
 
20.  *     What aileth them, therefore, that they believe not the resurrection;
 
21.  *     and that, when the Koran is read unto them, they worship not?
 
22.  *     Yea: The unbelievers accuse the same of imposture:
 
23.  *     But God well knoweth the malice which they keep hidden in their breasts.
 
24.  *     Wherefore denounce unto them a grievous punishment,
 
25.  *     except those who believe and do good works: For them is prepared a never failing reward.