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1.  *     When the heaven bursts asunder,
 
2.  *     And obeys its Lord and it must.
 
3.  *     And when the earth is stretched,
 
4.  *     And casts forth what is in it and becomes empty,
 
5.  *     And obeys its Lord and it must.
 
6.  *     O man! surely you must strive (to attain) to your Lord, a hard striving until you meet Him.
 
7.  *     Then as to him who is given his book in his right hand,
 
8.  *     He shall be reckoned with by an easy reckoning,
 
9.  *     And he shall go back to his people joyful.
 
10.  *     And as to him who is given his book behind his back,
 
11.  *     He shall call for perdition,
 
12.  *     And enter into burning fire.
 
13.  *     Surely he was (erstwhile) joyful among his followers.
 
14.  *     Surely he thought that he would never return.
 
15.  *     Yea! surely his Lord does ever see him.
 
16.  *     But nay! I swear by the sunset redness,
 
17.  *     And the night and that which it drives on,
 
18.  *     And the moon when it grows full,
 
19.  *     That you shall most certainly enter one state after another.
 
20.  *     But what is the matter with them that they do not believe,
 
21.  *     And when the Quran is recited to them they do not make obeisance?
 
22.  *     Nay! those who disbelieve give the lie to the truth.
 
23.  *     And Allah knows best what they hide,
 
24.  *     So announce to them a painful punishment~
 
25.  *     Except those who believe and do good; for them is a reward that shall never be cut off.