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| 1. * | It needeth not that I swear by the day of the RESURRECTION, |
| 2. * | Or that I swear by the self-accusing soul. |
| 3. * | Thinketh man that we shall not re-unite his bones? |
| 4. * | Aye! his very finger tips are we able evenly to replace. |
| 5. * | But man chooseth to deny what is before him: |
| 6. * | He asketh, "When this day of Resurrection?" |
| 7. * | But when the eye shall be dazzled, |
| 8. * | And when the moon shall be darkened, |
| 9. * | And the sun and the moon shall be together, |
| 10. * | On that day man shall cry, "Where is there a place to flee to?" |
| 11. * | But in vain-there is no refuge- |
| 12. * | With thy Lord on that day shall be the sole asylum. |
| 13. * | On that day shall man be told of all that he hath done first and last; |
| 14. * | Yea, a man shall be the eye witness against himself: |
| 15. * | And even if he put forth his plea. . . . |
| 16. * | (Move not thy tongue in haste to follow and master this revelation: |
| 17. * | For we will see to the collecting and the recital of it; |
| 18. * | But when we have recited it, then follow thou the recital, |
| 19. * | And, verily, afterwards it shall be ours to make it clear to thee.) |
| 20. * | Aye, but ye love the transitory, |
| 21. * | And ye neglect the life to come. |
| 22. * | On that day shall faces beam with light, |
| 23. * | Outlooking towards their Lord; |
| 24. * | And faces on that day shall be dismal, |
| 25. * | As if they thought that some great calamity would befal them. |
| 26. * | Aye, when the soul shall come up into the throat, |
| 27. * | And there shall be a cry, "Who hath a charm that can restore him?" |
| 28. * | And the man feeleth that the time of his departure is come, |
| 29. * | And when one leg shall be laid over the other, |
| 30. * | To thy Lord on that day shall he be driven on; |
| 31. * | For he believed not, and he did not pray, |
| 32. * | But he called the truth a lie and turned his back, |
| 33. * | Then, walking with haughty men, rejoined his people. |
| 34. * | That Hour is nearer to thee and nearer, |
| 35. * | It is ever nearer to thee and nearer still. |
| 36. * | Thinketh man that he shall be left supreme? |
| 37. * | Was he not a mere embryo? |
| 38. * | Then he became thick blood of which God formed him and fashioned him; |
| 39. * | And made him twain, male and female. |
| 40. * | Is not He powerful enough to quicken the dead? |