The Sundering

The Koran






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When the heaven is split asunder

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And attentive to her Lord in fear,

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And when the earth is spread out

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And hath cast out all that was in her, and is empty

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And attentive to her Lord in fear!

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Thou, verily, O man, art working toward thy Lord a work which thou wilt meet (in His presence).

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Then whoso is given his account in his right hand

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He truly will receive an easy reckoning

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And will return unto his folk in joy.

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But whoso is given his account behind his back,

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He surely will invoke destruction

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And be thrown to scorching fire.

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He verily lived joyous with his folk,

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He verily deemed that he would never return (unto Allah).

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Nay, but lo! his Lord is ever looking on him!

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Oh, I swear by the afterglow of sunset,

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And by the night and all that it enshroudeth,

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And by the moon when she is at the full,

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That ye shall journey on from plane to plane.

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What aileth them, then, that they believe not

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And, when the Qur'an is recited unto them, worship not (Allah) ?

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Nay, but those who disbelieve will deny;

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And Allah knoweth best what they are hiding.

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So give them tidings of a painful doom,

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Save those who believe and do good works, for theirs is a reward unfailing.