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| 1. * | When heaven is split open, |
| 2. * | when the stars are scattered, |
| 3. * | when the seas swarm over, |
| 4. * | when the tombs are overthrown, |
| 5. * | then a soul shall know its works, the former and the latter. |
| 6. * | O Man! What deceived thee as to thy generous Lord |
| 7. * | who created thee and shaped thee and wrought thee in symmetry |
| 8. * | and composed thee after what form He would? |
| 9. * | No indeed; but you cry lies to the Doom; |
| 10. * | yet there are over you watchers |
| 11. * | noble, writers |
| 12. * | who know whatever you do. |
| 13. * | Surely the pious shall be in bliss, |
| 14. * | and the libertines shall be in a fiery furnace |
| 15. * | roasting therein on the Day of Doom, |
| 16. * | nor shall they ever be absent from it. |
| 17. * | And what shall teach thee what is the Day of Doom? |
| 18. * | Again, what shall teach thee what is the Day of Doom? |
| 19. * | A day when no soul shall possess aught to succour another soul; that day the Command shall belong unto God. |