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1.  *     When the sun shall be darkened,
 
2.  *     when the stars shall be thrown down,
 
3.  *     when the mountains shall be set moving,
 
4.  *     when the pregnant camels shall be neglected,
 
5.  *     when the savage beasts shall be mustered,
 
6.  *     when the seas shall be set boiling,
 
7.  *     when the souls shall be coupled,
 
8.  *     when the buried infant shall be asked
 
9.  *     for what sin she was slain,
 
10.  *     when the scrolls shall be unrolled,
 
11.  *     when heaven shall be stripped off;
 
12.  *     when Hell shall be set blazing,
 
13.  *     when Paradise shall be brought nigh,
 
14.  *     then shall a soul know what it has produced.
 
15.  *     No! I swear by the slinkers,
 
16.  *     the runners, the sinkers,
 
17.  *     by the night swarming,
 
18.  *     by the dawn sighing,
 
19.  *     truly this is the word of a noble Messenger
 
20.  *     having power, with the Lord of the Throne secure,
 
21.  *     obeyed, moreover trusty.
 
22.  *     Your companion is not possessed;
 
23.  *     he truly saw him on the clear horizon;
 
24.  *     he is not niggardly of the Unseen.
 
25.  *     And it is not the word of an accursed Satan;
 
26.  *     where then are you going?
 
27.  *     It is naught but a Reminder unto all beings,
 
28.  *     for whosoever of you who would go straight;
 
29.  *     but will you shall not, unless God wills, the Lord of all Being.