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1.  *     When the sun is overthrown,
 
2.  *     And when the stars fall,
 
3.  *     And when the hills are moved,
 
4.  *     And when the camels big with young are abandoned,
 
5.  *     And when the wild beasts are herded together,
 
6.  *     And when the seas rise,
 
7.  *     And when souls are reunited,
 
8.  *     And when the girl-child that was buried alive is asked
 
9.  *     For what sin she was slain,
 
10.  *     And when the pages are laid open,
 
11.  *     And when the sky is torn away,
 
12.  *     And when hell is lighted,
 
13.  *     And when the Garden is brought nigh,
 
14.  *     (Then) every soul will know what it hath made ready.
 
15.  *     Oh, but I call to witness the planets,
 
16.  *     The stars which rise and set,
 
17.  *     And the close of night,
 
18.  *     And the breath of morning
 
19.  *     That this is in truth the word of an honoured messenger,
 
20.  *     Mighty, established in the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
 
21.  *     (One) to be obeyed, and trustworthy;
 
22.  *     And your comrade is not mad.
 
23.  *     Surely he beheld Him on the clear horizon.
 
24.  *     And he is not avid of the Unseen.
 
25.  *     Nor is this the utterance of a devil worthy to be stoned.
 
26.  *     Whither then go ye?
 
27.  *     This is naught else than a reminder unto creation,
 
28.  *     Unto whomsoever of you willeth to walk straight.
 
29.  *     And ye will not, unless (it be) that Allah willeth, the Lord of Creation.