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1.  *     When the sun shall be folded up;
 
2.  *     and when the stars shall fall;
 
3.  *     and when the mountains shall be made to pass away;
 
4.  *     and when the camels ten months gone with young shall be neglected;
 
5.  *     and when the wild beasts shall be gathered together;
 
6.  *     and when the seas shall boil;
 
7.  *     and when the souls shall be joined again to their bodies;
 
8.  *     and when the girl who hath been buried alive shall be asked
 
9.  *     for what crime she was put to death;
 
10.  *     and when the books shall be laid open;
 
11.  *     and when the heaven shall be removed;
 
12.  *     and when hell shall burn fiercely;
 
13.  *     and when paradise shall be brought near:
 
14.  *     Every soul shall know what it hath wrought.
 
15.  *     Verily I swear by the stars which are retrograde,
 
16.  *     which move swiftly, and which hide themselves;
 
17.  *     and by the night, when it cometh on;
 
18.  *     and by the morning, when it appeareth;
 
19.  *     that these are the words of an honourable messenger,
 
20.  *     endued with strengeth, of established dignity in the sight of the possessor of the throne,
 
21.  *     obeyed by the angels under his authority, and faithful:
 
22.  *     And your companion Mohammed is not distracted.
 
23.  *     He had already seen him in the clear horizon:
 
24.  *     And he suspected not the secrets revealed unto him.
 
25.  *     Neither are these the words of an accursed devil.
 
26.  *     Whither, therefore, are ye going?
 
27.  *     This is no other than an admonition unto all creatures;
 
28.  *     unto him among you who shall be willing to walk uprightly:
 
29.  *     But ye shall not will, unless God willeth, the Lord of all creatures.