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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. |